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Emacs Snippets

Terminal window
# Start GUI
emacs &
# Start and stay in Terminal
emacs -nw
# Start with defaults
emacs -Q
# Use defaults and terminal only
emacs -Q -nw
# Start Emacs Web Wowser (EWW) from CLI to a URL
emacs -f eww-browse https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite
# Start with a specified init file
emacs -q -l ~/.emacs.d/init.el
# Minimal Start
## On Windows
emacs -q -l C:\Users\user1\.config\emacs\init.el
## On Linux
emacs -q -l ~/emacs/.config\minimal.el
# Start Emacs with debugging enabled
emacs --debug-init
# Start Emacs with specific configuration directory
emacs --init-directory ~/.config/emacs-old