Re: change location of .emacs

[Maarten Bergvelt]

In article <87tzxfmnqq.fsf@gmail.com>, Hadron wrote:
> Maarten Bergvelt <bergv@math.uiuc.edu> writes:
> 
>> In article <871wkjpiaz.fsf@gmail.com>, Hadron wrote:
>>> 
>>> A quick google shows me I can change the "user" with -u to pick up that
>>> users .emacs, but how to just say I want MY ".emacs" which is in another
>>> directory? I wish to keep my .emacs in my "lisp" directory and tell
>>> emacs about it on the command line. Possible?
>>
>> To learn about emacs maybe not google but read the documentation? See
>> command line arguments section in the manual, you seem to be looking
>> for 
>> emacs -q -l lispdirectory/your.emacs.file
>>
>> hth
> 
> There is no "-l" option mentioned in my emacs command line "C2. initial 
> options"
> startup section other than when runniDng emacs in batch.

Did you look in the emacs manual? Look in the options index under
load. It is in the section on Action Arguments, not in Initial
Options.

-- 
Maarten Bergvelt