fix to load early-init.el also if init is loaded via --load-file

init

@@ -4,16 +4,27 @@
 ;; Emacs Startup File --- initialization for Emacs
 ;; https://blog.d46.us/advanced-emacs-startup/
 
+;; Usage:
+;; "emacs --init-directory ~/repos/emacs-conf"
+;; "emacs --no-splash -q -l ~/repos/emacs-conf/init"
+
 ;; Requirements: git gnuplot ledger
 
 ;;; Code:
-;; Emacs 27.1 introduced early-init.el, which is run before init.el, before
-;; package and UI initialization happens, and before site files are loaded.
-;; In the case that early-init.el wasn't loaded (e.g. using old emacs? Or this
-;; file directly loaded?), we do it explicitly:
-(unless (version<= "27.1" emacs-version)
-  (load (concat (file-name-directory (file-truename user-init-file)) "early-init.el")
-        nil t))
+(require 'early-init
+         (concat
+          (file-name-directory (file-truename (or load-file-name
+                                                  "~/.config/emacs/init")))
+          "early-init.el")
+         t)
+;;  Load early-init-el if not already
+;;  - Emacs 27.1 introduced early-init.el, which is run before
+;;    init.el, before package and UI initialization happens, and
+;;    before site files are loaded.  In the case that early-init.el
+;;    wasn't loaded (e.g. using old emacs? Or this file directly
+;;    loaded?), we do it explicitly
+;;  - for org export async actions, e.g. as in
+;;    emacs -l ~/.config/emacs/init -l /tmp/org-export-processXYZ
 (require 'pre-settings)                            ;; use-package delight functions variables
 (require 'which-key-settings)                      ;; https://melpa.org/#/which-key
 (require 'general-settings)                        ;; requires which-key