On Tue, Nov 22, 2016, at 03:00 AM, Alan Schmitt wrote: > On 2016-11-21 14:16, Peter Davis <p...@pfdstudio.com> writes: > > > I'm on a Mac, and don't know how to start the Emacs.app without loading > > the init file. > > This is how I do it: > open /Applications/Emacs.app -n --args -Q -l ~/tmp/emacs_debug/init.el > > the '-n' says to open the application again even if it's already opened > (i.e., you'll have two emacses running if one was already running). The > '--args' lets you pass arguments to the application. Here I give the > '-Q' argument and a file to use as init file. Note that files must have > an absolute path name. > > Best, > > Alan
Thank you, Alan. I did finally manage to open an un-init-ialized emacs and followed the other instructions, but I still can't get export to work. Thanks, -pd -- Peter Davis www.techcurmudgeon.com
