Re: How to setup Emacs to load a file right after startup

[adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson)]

Paul Csanyi <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:

> adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>
>>>> Paul Csanyi <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I have installed GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
>>>>> 2.8.20) of 2008-04-15 on Debian GNU/Linux Etch system.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wish to be opened a file right after Emacs startup.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I do that?
>>>
>>> (find-file "path_to_file")
>>>
>>> works for me.
>>
>> Yeah, I saw the other replies, I just thought I should let you know there
>> is more than one way to do it.  My question would be why do you want to
>> do it that way?

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> I use Org-mode all the time in Emacs, so to me it is good to have
> opened one OrgFile.org in the Emacs when it is started.

Ahh...so do I: my way of doing things is to go to my agenda after Emacs
starts (C-a a).  That opens all my agenda files.  With
org-agenda-file-regexp set to "\\`[^.].*\\.org\\'", all the files open
automatically.  You'll also have to set a default directory for your org files.

Perhaps you should put (org-agenda-goto-today) in your .emacs?  I'm
debating whether to do this right now as I write, however my tendency
has been to avoid starting any modes or opening any files, as it slows
things down, and when I want a quick startup, that's when I notice it.

Joel

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