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Re: .emacs file in root?


From: Thierry Volpiatto
Subject: Re: .emacs file in root?
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:59:36 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

saneman <ddd@sdf.com> writes:

> When I open a root file with emacs it does not use my settings
> specified in my ~/.emacs.

root is just like another user on your system and thats normal it don't
use your settings!

> How do I make emacs use the config file ~/.emacs also when used in
> root mode?

you can use another .emacs special for root.
It's may be not a good idea to try to use the same config you use as
simple user for root.(gnus, w3m ...etc...)
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