Re: Guix System definition with a .emacs.d filled

[Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>]

Hello,

Jérémy Korwin-Zmijowski <jeremy@korwin-zmijowski.fr> writes:

> Dear Guixters,
>
> Maybe I am asking too much to Guix haha. Maybe I don't.
>
> So. Here is what I intend to do : 
>
> I want to write a Guix System definition that puts a .emacs.d directory
> inside /root which is "usable". I don't feel the need to create a
> regular user (I don't fear too much damages inside a disposable VM
> context).


> So I tried two options :
>
> First, using an extra-special-file
>
>    (extra-special-file "/root/.emacs.d"
>                        (local-file "emacs.d" #:recursive? #t))
>
> But the resulting .emacs.d is put into the store and is not writable.

I ran into a similar issue some time ago, with the same dillema.

The 'solution' that works well enough for me:
the `emacs-no-littering' package, with 
(setq no-littering-etc-directory "/tmp/emacs/etc")
      no-littering-var-directory "/tmp/emacs/var"))

HTH!
 - Jelle