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Re: how can tell emacs not to load desktop when invoked by mutt?
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Robert Marshall |
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Re: how can tell emacs not to load desktop when invoked by mutt? |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:41:06 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2.95 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195) |
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote on 24 Apr 2003 03:45:44 +0200:
>> wang yin <wy@wangyin.com> writes:
>
>>> I set my mutt's editor variable to "emacs -nw" :) But I use the
>>> "desktop package". So every time I reply a mail, emacs will start
>>> over again and load ~/.emacs
>
>> You rather want to look up "emacsclient" in th Emacs manual.
>
> That's not to say that "emacs --no-desktop" wouldn't be a useful
> thing.
>
True, I have the following for when I want a fast start and I don't
care what I was looking at last session
;; some cheating here ....
(setq desktop-basefilename
(convert-standard-filename ".emacs.desktop"))
(if (and (file-exists-p (concat "~/" desktop-basefilename))
(yes-or-no-p "Load desktop? "))
(progn
(require 'desktop)
....
but that may be too much noise for some!
Robert
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It breaks the glass.
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