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Re: Inexplicable flaw: non-overridable .emacs
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David Hansen |
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Re: Inexplicable flaw: non-overridable .emacs |
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Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:43:13 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) |
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:43:58 +0000 (UTC) kj wrote:
> Nothing against an .emacs file, but occasionally I want to run
> Emacs with a drastically different set of customizations from what's
> in my .emacs file. Since a lot of these customizations pertain
> display, I need to do some experimentation to determine whether
> the --load option will do what I need.
What always works with all UNIX programs is
$ HOME=$OTHERHOME emacs
Just create $OTHERHOME/.emacs and this will be loaded.
David