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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: arne_bab <at> web.de

Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:48:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Merged with 15539

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>, 16242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16242: 24.3; wish: set init directory (.emacs.d) by commandline flag for easy custom environments
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:33:09 -0700

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> 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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