Using an org file as (personal) init file

[Konstantinos Vasilakos]

Hello, is it possible to use a personal init file in org mode format e.g. ~/.emacs.d/personal/init.org This is ignored right now by the primary init file, and I couldn't find a legit way to achieve this.


Best,
K

[Tom Roche]

Konstantinos Vasilakos

> is it possible to use a personal init file in org mode format e.g. ~/.emacs.d/personal/init.org

I don't do this, but have seen this done (and if I remember how I'll post a link). That being said, hardcore org-mode'rs seem more often to use a stub init.el which then calls multiple *.org subfiles. (This is like the common .emacs.d pattern where one breaks out functionality to multiple *.el files rather than having one long init.el.) For a popular example, see Eric Schulte's Emacs Starter Kit

https://eschulte.github.io/emacs24-starter-kit/

[Konstantinos Vasilakos]

Hi again, I managed to do it by putting this in my custom.el file.

(require 'org)
(org-babel-load-file
 (expand-file-name "init.org"
                   "~/.emacs.d/personal/"))

This seems to do the trick, however, it seems that it creates an init.el file tangled from the .org one; I guess this is expected though.

Thanks

best,
K.