From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brian Nelson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs, dotfiles, network Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:03:23 -0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87d695w6x0.fsf@scabbers.bignachos.com> References: <873ca90xa4.fsf@redfort.vroop.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075232142 5832 80.91.224.253 (27 Jan 2004 19:35:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 27 20:35:32 2004 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 1AlYzj-0000MI-00 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:35:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AlYgL-0007d7-UM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:15:29 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:08:11 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-URL: http://bignachos.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tSeJlP8jpHoD0ts99FTPt0j2RDw= Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.254.22.219 Original-X-Trace: sv3-MCQfFr7ouHQqVOy65XLVIVEKchKRD+7ZZBaWh14MgK9V/kqtmC0zgqCG9tfKEOpw+foO3FRp2mcAUle!olHB2Pwb1R+YyoONeTkcX3BzAcrkC9PvZ9+gDW+lzI9Zy6X+SHjdHgBbloFvxqfQahlT0Pcf2Lx0!96csYjWtFawxUj/P2D/y Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120476 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:16422 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16422 Rick Crawford writes: > I'm a relative newcomer to Emacs. At home I've got two computers, > basically a desktop and a server. When I'm away from home I'm > generally connecting via ssh to the server, whereas at home I stick to > the desktop box. > > So I'm starting to use features of emacs like the calendar and > todo-mode more and more. The problem is that I have separate > calendar, todo, and diary files, a separate ~/.emacs and ~/.gnus file, > etc. > > Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this problem? Do any of you > simply use an NFS mount to share config files for machines across a > network? Would using NIS to share a physical home directory be a > better way to go? I'd love some advice from anyone who has experience > trying to share an emacs environment across a network. I use a version control system (Subversion in my case) to manage my dotfiles across multiple machines. It provide a nice safety net too, if I screw something up. -- Don't worry, it's *in*-flammable.