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Re: [Q] Several emacs instances / dired and "derived" buffers
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: [Q] Several emacs instances / dired and "derived" buffers |
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Thu, 27 May 2004 12:15:32 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.7759.1085670886.1061.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
"Ames Andreas (MPA/DF)" <Andreas.Ames@tenovis.com> wrote:
> Does it make sense to have sevaral instances of emacs running? How
> can I start emacs with a separate startup file (and not my default
> .emacs)? How can I make sure that gnuclient and friends finds only
> my emacs-for-editing instance? Are there other potential problems
> I do not recognise yet?
You can use the -q option to prevent emacs from reading the default
.emacs file, and -l filename to make it load a specific file. So your
gnus instance could be started up with something like:
emacs -q -l ~/.gnus.elc
Just make sure that only your init file for the emacs-for-editing
instance executes (gnuserve) to start up the server for gnuclient.
You'll probably want the init files to give the windows distinct title
bars.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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