From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Kai_Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT: shared parts of .emacs on server and cached local copy. Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:29:09 +0200 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84r836kfoq.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062016740 21238 80.91.224.253 (27 Aug 2003 20:39:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 27 22:38:58 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19s74E-0001d7-00 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:38:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19s71L-0005Jt-G2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:35:59 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd9e1e82c.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9e1e82c.dip.t-dialin.net (217.225.232.44) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1062016150 10611986 217.225.232.44 (16 [73968]) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:a0m4lOJYWnO93JuS7O4lgkxlCew= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116185 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12099 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12099 sandipchitale@yahoo.com (Sandip Chitale) writes: > I want to maintain some shared parts of my .emacs file (to be used > from all my work computers and computer at home as well). I can put it > on some server. All that is fine. However sometimes I may not be > connected to the server. In that case, a cached copy (on local > computer) of my shared .emacs file should be used. > The cached copy should be updated if it is out of date, possible after > my confirmation. I use CVS for this. It requires me to "update the cache" manually, but I don't mind. -- Two cafe au lait please, but without milk.