Re: [h-e-w] Invoking Emacs from a "temporary environment"

[stephen_leake]

Dani Moncayo <address@hidden> writes:

> This approach work when I start an interactive cmd console and do:
>   set HOME=C:\whatever
>   C:\path\to\runemacs.exe
>
> But if I try to do everything with this single command (intended for
> the target of a shortcut):
>    cmd /C "set HOME=C:\whatever &&  C:\path\to\runemacs.exe"

I don't know the exact explanation, but it appears that the result of
"set" is not preserved across "&&".

So you'll have to write a .bat file, and invoke that from the shortcut.

Or install Cygwin, and use 'bash -c export HOME= .. ; runemacs.exe'

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