Questions tagged [sudo]

I am trying to use sudo emacs with no luck so far. When I run with --debug-init I get the following. Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "no such file or directory "web-mode") Why would it be different when I am using…

Sometimes, when I am running an emacs process (either started withemacs -nw or emacsclient -nw with an emacs server daemon), I would like to edit a system file. Can I acquire root privilege without restarting emacs with sudo? If I am using an emacs…