Re: how to not change the working directory when opening a file

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>
() Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:15:54 +0100

   This is useful when composing an email. I sometime need to
   include the output of a shell command but this shell command
   must be executed in the directory where emacs was launched.

you can try something like: emacs --insert /tmp/foo.txt -f text-mode
alternatively, you can try: emacs -f compose-mail
and then `C-x i /tmp/foo.txt RET' at a later point.

probably best if you invert your flow to live in emacs, in
which case you can use `C-u M-! SHELL-COMMAND RET' as needed.

thi