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29.3; Specifing an --alternate-editor for emacscleintw.exe with custom --init-directory does not work on Windows

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From: Sebastián Monía <sebastian <at> sebasmonia.com>
To: Jonas Großekathöfer <jonas <at> grszkth.fr>
Cc: 73728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#73728: 29.3; Specifing an --alternate-editor for emacscleintw.exe with custom --init-directory does not work on Windows
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:58:57 -0400

Jonas Großekathöfer <jonas <at> grszkth.fr> writes:  
>  Quality of life improvement: I have my configs online in a git-repo. I manage the dotfiles on my Linux machine with stow. On my Windows machine I want
>  Emacs to follow that structure. As such I want to link to the config via --init-directory, so that I can place the Dotfiles-Folder where ever I want. However,
>  I can't place the Dotfiles folder so, that the ".emacs.d/"-folder ends up under the parent "~/" as well.

>  I am open to suggestions if I am missing the super obvious solution here. (:

I am using a "junction" to link ~/.emacs.d to the directory where I
cloned my Emacs config. I don't know if that helps.
Unlike symlinks, junctions don't need admin rights.

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Sebastián Monía
https://site.sebasmonia.com/

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