Subject: bug#16242: 24.3; wish: set init directory (.emacs.d) by commandline flag for easy custom environments

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:33:09 -0700

Glenn Morris <[email-masked]> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>
>> Does anybody object to adding an --init-dir switch?  It would just
>> basically set `user-emacs-directory'.
>
> See https://debbugs.gnu.org/15539

I see.  So the general consensus there seemed to be that this could add
some possible maintenance complexity, and that there wasn't really a use
case presented.

This report does add a use case.

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