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Subject: Re: Global .emacs ?
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Isn't this what lisp/site-start.el is for?

Hunter

"J. Kean Johnston" <jkj@sco.com> writes:

> Hi all.
> 
> Please forgive my ignorance if this already exists, but it strikes me
> that a global .emacs would be a very useful thing to have. I know it
> is possible to have packages in the dumped XEmacs, but having a
> file which a sysadmin can edit easily to have all users load certain
> site-specific packages, would be a Good Thing. If this doesnt already
> exist would it be worth my while to add the functionality?
> 
> JKJ

