Alternative init file

Alternative init file

[August Karlstrom]

Hi all,

Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative initialization 
file, something like

    $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2

?

Re: Alternative init file

[Neon Absentius]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 12:48:57PM +0000, August Karlstrom wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative initialization 
> file, something like
> 
>    $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2
> 

Would this work?

$ emacs -q -l ~/.emacs2

You might also want to try 

$ man emacs

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Re: Alternative init file

[Henrik Enberg]

> From: August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se>
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:48:57 GMT
> 
> Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative initialization 
> file, something like
> 
>     $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2

emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2

Re: Alternative init file

[David Kastrup]

August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative initialization
> file, something like
>
>     $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2

emacs -q -l ~/.emacs2

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Re: Alternative init file

[August Karlstrom]

Henrik Enberg wrote:
>>From: August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se>
>>Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:48:57 GMT
>>
>>Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative initialization 
>>file, something like
>>
>>    $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2
> 
> 
> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2

OK, thanks everyone.


August

Alternate init file, take two (was: Alternative init file)

[Mathias Dahl]

August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se> writes:

> Henrik Enberg wrote:
>>>From: August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se>
>>>Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:48:57 GMT
>>>
>>> Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative
>>> initialization file, something like
>>>
>>>    $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2
>> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2
>
> OK, thanks everyone.

One problem with this solution is that any customizations the user
might do (using M-x customize), will be saved to ~/.emacs and not the
alternative init file.

Does anyone have any solution for this? Sometimes I want to start a
more "light" Emacs with a smaller init file, but still be able to use
the customize tool and save that to my smaller init file.

/Mathias

Re: Alternate init file, take two

[Ralf Angeli]

* Mathias Dahl (2005-09-20) writes:

>>> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2
>>
>> OK, thanks everyone.
>
> One problem with this solution is that any customizations the user
> might do (using M-x customize), will be saved to ~/.emacs and not the
> alternative init file.
>
> Does anyone have any solution for this? Sometimes I want to start a
> more "light" Emacs with a smaller init file, but still be able to use
> the customize tool and save that to my smaller init file.

See (info "(emacs)Saving Customizations") in a CVS Emacs' info
documentation or `C-h v custom-file RET'.

-- 
Ralf

Re: Alternate init file, take two

[David Hansen]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:32:57 +0200 Mathias Dahl wrote:

> August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se> writes:
>
>> Henrik Enberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative
>>>> initialization file, something like
>>>>
>>>>    $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2
>>> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2
>>
> One problem with this solution is that any customizations the user
> might do (using M-x customize), will be saved to ~/.emacs and not the
> alternative init file.

(setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom.el")

[...]

(load custom-file t)

David

Re: Alternate init file, take two (was: Alternative init file)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 20.09.2005 um 09:32 schrieb Mathias Dahl:

> Does anyone have any solution for this? Sometimes I want to start a
> more "light" Emacs with a smaller init file, but still be able to use
> the customize tool and save that to my smaller init file.
>

Save .emacs temporarily under a different name! You can can do it in a 
script that swabs big .emacs and .emacs light ...

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Re: Alternate init file, take two (was: Alternative init file)

[Tim X]

Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com> writes:

> August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se> writes:
> 
> > Henrik Enberg wrote:
> >>>From: August Karlstrom <fusionfive@comhem.se>
> >>>Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:48:57 GMT
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to instruct Emacs to use an alternative
> >>> initialization file, something like
> >>>
> >>>    $ emacs --init-file=~/.emacs2
> >> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2
> >
> > OK, thanks everyone.
> 
> One problem with this solution is that any customizations the user
> might do (using M-x customize), will be saved to ~/.emacs and not the
> alternative init file.
> 
> Does anyone have any solution for this? Sometimes I want to start a
> more "light" Emacs with a smaller init file, but still be able to use
> the customize tool and save that to my smaller init file.
> 

There is a variable which you can set that will tell emacs where to
write customize settings. However, I do vaguely rememher some problems
with this in older versions of emacs - don't know how reliable it is
now. 

Tim


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Re: Alternate init file, take two

[Mathias Dahl]

Ralf Angeli <dev.null@iwi.uni-sb.de> writes:

> * Mathias Dahl (2005-09-20) writes:
>
>>>> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2
>>>
>>> OK, thanks everyone.
>>
>> One problem with this solution is that any customizations the user
>> might do (using M-x customize), will be saved to ~/.emacs and not the
>> alternative init file.
>>
>> Does anyone have any solution for this? Sometimes I want to start a
>> more "light" Emacs with a smaller init file, but still be able to use
>> the customize tool and save that to my smaller init file.
>
> See (info "(emacs)Saving Customizations") in a CVS Emacs' info
> documentation or `C-h v custom-file RET'.

Aaah, great! That *exactly* what I wanted, thanks!

/Mathias