Re: cope with root and non root personalities?

[David Kastrup <David.Kastrup@t-online.de>]

jidanni@deadspam.com (Dan Jacobson) writes:

> [Was: Re: Feature request: share search ring amongst emacses]
> RMS> Why are you using two separate Emacses?
> 
> One to do my root editing jobs, one for my me editing jobs.  The two
> same emacses running all day.
> 
> RMS> If there is a good reason and that is really necessary for you,
> 
> I didn't really want to, but I thought "that's life".  I have the root
> one with red background to remind me I'm root.  Can you pack all this
> into the same cheeseburger for me? 
> 
> RMS> maybe we can do something to correct the underlying problem
> RMS> so you can use just one.
> 
> I mean even a measly emacsclient from a different user id window seems
> unsuccessful these days, XAUTHORITY non withstanding.
> 
> I dunno boss, how do the pros cope with their root and non root
> personalities?

The pros use CVS Emacs not older than a week or so (or have installed
tramp by hand) and do
C-x C-f /[sum/root@localhost]/etc/fstab RET

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