From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Z C <zcnnbb@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to specify customized configuration file rather than "~/.emacs" ?
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:42:59 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oblaxb84.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD=SU=eEnjpQQ9rSQMzbrrhcqWNYYsPha5MVTsXreoC1MJqutw@mail.gmail.com> (Z. C.'s message of "Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:43:45 +0800")
Z C <zcnnbb@gmail.com> writes:
> I just want emacs to load another file as the configuration file, and
> ignore the default file ("~/.emacs").
>
> Note that I don't want to change the original "~/.emacs" file.
>
> I've tried to change "$HOME" env variable, but it doesn't work.
>
Load emacs with custom options.
,----
| $ emacs --help | grep load
|
| --no-desktop do not load a saved desktop
| --no-init-file, -q load neither ~/.emacs nor default.el
| --no-site-file do not load site-start.el
| --user, -u USER load ~USER/.emacs instead of your own
| --directory, -L DIR add DIR to variable load-path
| --load, -l FILE load Emacs Lisp FILE using the load function
`----
--
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-13 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-13 13:43 How to specify customized configuration file rather than "~/.emacs" ? Z C
2012-09-13 14:03 ` Vineet Naik
2012-09-13 14:12 ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2012-09-13 14:38 ` Suvayu Ali
2012-09-13 15:27 ` PJ Weisberg
2012-09-13 16:04 ` How to specify customized configuration file rather than"~/.emacs" ? Drew Adams
2012-09-14 15:29 ` How to specify customized configuration file rather than "~/.emacs" ? Z C
2012-09-14 16:02 ` How to specify customized configuration file rather than"~/.emacs" ? Drew Adams
2012-09-15 14:05 ` Suvayu Ali
2012-09-14 20:01 ` How to specify customized configuration file rather than "~/.emacs" ? Peter Dyballa
[not found] <mailman.8775.1347543860.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-09-13 14:42 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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