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Re: Emacs, dotfiles, network
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Brian Nelson |
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Re: Emacs, dotfiles, network |
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Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:03:23 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Rick Crawford <rick@vroop.com> writes:
> I'm a relative newcomer to Emacs. At home I've got two computers,
> basically a desktop and a server. When I'm away from home I'm
> generally connecting via ssh to the server, whereas at home I stick to
> the desktop box.
>
> So I'm starting to use features of emacs like the calendar and
> todo-mode more and more. The problem is that I have separate
> calendar, todo, and diary files, a separate ~/.emacs and ~/.gnus file,
> etc.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this problem? Do any of you
> simply use an NFS mount to share config files for machines across a
> network? Would using NIS to share a physical home directory be a
> better way to go? I'd love some advice from anyone who has experience
> trying to share an emacs environment across a network.
I use a version control system (Subversion in my case) to manage my
dotfiles across multiple machines. It provide a nice safety net too, if
I screw something up.
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Don't worry, it's *in*-flammable.