Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!caip!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!h.cc.purdue.edu!pur-phy!kran!duncan!authorplaceholder From: lawrence@duncan.UUCP Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: uEmacs 3.7 doesn't handle multiple Message-ID: <12800011@duncan> Date: Fri, 29-Aug-86 09:19:00 EDT Article-I.D.: duncan.12800011 Posted: Fri Aug 29 09:19:00 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 31-Aug-86 05:09:40 EDT References: <787@investor.UUCP> Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:investor.UUCP:-78700:duncan:12800011:000:464 Nf-From: duncan.UUCP!lawrence Aug 29 09:19:00 1986 The Idea here is that sometimes you want your personal .emacsrc file to OVERRIDE the system one. It would not be possible to do that if I had coded it the way you asked. On the other hand, a single line like: execute-file "/usr/local/.emacsrc" or something similar will allow your .emacsrc file to execute the system file. Daniel Lawrence ihnp4!itivax!duncan!lawrence or (at your own risk) ihnp4!ee.ecn.purdue!phy.ecn.purdue! duncan!lawrence