From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@ameritech.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Loading local .emacs from remote machine Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 12:56:12 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: gebser@ameritech.net NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044295069 3017 80.91.224.249 (3 Feb 2003 17:57:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:57:49 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18fkqE-0000jk-00 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 18:57:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fkrE-0002er-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:58:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fkqT-0002Kz-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:57:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fkpz-00025F-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:56:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhost1-bcvloh.bcvloh.ameritech.net ([66.73.20.42] helo=mailhost.bcv1.ameritech.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fkpD-0001h8-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:56:07 -0500 Original-Received: from heidegger.mousecar.net ([65.43.213.238]) by mailhost.bcv1.ameritech.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with ESMTP <20030203175602.DECX14902.mailhost.bcv1.ameritech.net@heidegger.mousecar.net> for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 12:56:02 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6242 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6242 Yep, this is a weird question and normally I'd say it's not possible to do, but emacs already does so much stuff which would be inconceivable for a normal app that I have to ask: I'm using X via ssh to open emacs on a remote machine but which pops open a frame on my local box. This is extremely cool, but how can I have it load my local ".emacs" file when it does? tia, ken -- Happy Gui-Wei 4700