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Re: Location of .emacs file under `su` and `su -`?
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Peter Dyballa |
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Re: Location of .emacs file under `su` and `su -`? |
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Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:08:28 +0200 |
Am 22.08.2006 um 13:26 schrieb Adam Funk:
When emacs starts up, does it actually look up "~${LOGNAME}/.emacs"
instead of (what I would expect) "${HOME}/.emacs"?
You might be able to avoid asking this question by invoking GNU Emacs
with the option --user or -u and then passing that user's login name.
Could be $USER is sufficient ...
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Pete
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