From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: multiple Emacs versions on w32 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:31:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: <6942EE35B530F84EAD432959F5E4DAB501EADBB1@largo.campus.ncl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142451085 9327 80.91.229.2 (15 Mar 2006 19:31:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:31:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 15 20:31:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbiL-0004Wy-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:31:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbiL-0000Ls-1D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:31:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbi8-0000LR-34 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:31:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbi6-0000Jf-Dc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbi6-0000JX-7I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:31:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FJbma-0000MP-A8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-28-233.inter.net.il [80.230.28.233]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id DTH99611 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:30:55 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <6942EE35B530F84EAD432959F5E4DAB501EADBB1@largo.campus.ncl.ac.uk> (Phillip.Lord@newcastle.ac.uk) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33810 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:14:00 -0000 > From: "Phillip Lord" > Cc: > > launch emacs with "-q -l ~/.emacs.22" (or what ever file > you want to use). That won't produce the same effect as a .emacs file, since the init file is loaded at a different stage of the startup process than files loaded through -l. The OP could have subtle problems if he used this suggestion. > Or alternatively you could use the emacs-version variable, and > have your .emacs work appropriately. You'd need check that your > `custom-file' is being set appropriately. But this won't solve the original problem, as I understand it: that Emacs updates .emacs when you save certain settings. Setting `custom-file' is not going to resolve this 100%, as some packages write to .emacs.