Hello,
Jérémy Korwin-Zmijowski <jer...@korwin-zmijowski.fr> writes:
> Dear Guixters,
>
> Maybe I am asking too much to Guix haha. Maybe I don't.
>
> So. Here is what I intend to do :
>
> I want to write a Guix System definition that puts a .emacs.d directory
> inside /root which is "usable". I don't feel the need to create a
> regular user (I don't fear too much damages inside a disposable VM
> context).
> So I tried two options :
>
> First, using an extra-special-file
>
> (extra-special-file "/root/.emacs.d"
> (local-file "emacs.d" #:recursive? #t))
>
> But the resulting .emacs.d is put into the store and is not writable.
I ran into a similar issue some time ago, with the same dillema.
The 'solution' that works well enough for me:
the `emacs-no-littering' package, with
(setq no-littering-etc-directory "/tmp/emacs/etc")
no-littering-var-directory "/tmp/emacs/var"))
HTH!
- Jelle
