--- src/dillo.c.orig	2005-05-14 11:16:28.000000000 +0200
+++ src/dillo.c	2005-07-10 12:39:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
    DILLO_CLI_LOCAL         = 1 << 5,
    DILLO_CLI_GEOMETRY      = 1 << 6,
    DILLO_CLI_DBG_RENDERING = 1 << 7,
+   DILLO_CLI_RCFILE        = 1 << 8,
    DILLO_CLI_ERROR         = 1 << 15
 };
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
  * Global variables from command line options;
  */
 gboolean dillo_dbg_rendering = FALSE;
+char *rcfile = DILLO_RCFILE;
 
 /*
  * Forward declarations
@@ -114,6 +116,9 @@
                           0, DILLO_CLI_DBG_RENDERING,
     "  -D, --debug-rendering  Draw additionaly several lines in a web page,\n"
     "                         representing its structure. For debugging. "},
+   {"-R", "--rcfile FILE",
+                          1, DILLO_CLI_RCFILE,
+    "  -R, --rcfile FILE  Use alternative rcfile."},
    {NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -252,6 +257,9 @@
      case DILLO_CLI_GEOMETRY:
        if (a_Misc_parse_geometry(opt_argv[0], &xpos, &ypos, &width, &height))
           break;
+    case DILLO_CLI_RCFILE:
+        rcfile = opt_argv[0];
+        break;  
      default:
         g_printerr("Error in command line options.\n");
         return -1;
--- src/dillo.h.orig	2005-07-10 12:47:54.000000000 +0200
+++ src/dillo.h	2005-07-10 12:31:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 #include "web.h"
 
 extern gboolean dillo_dbg_rendering;
+#define DILLO_RCFILE        ".dillo/dillorc"
 
 #endif /* __DILLO_H__ */
--- src/prefs.c.orig	2005-05-14 11:16:29.000000000 +0200
+++ src/prefs.c	2005-07-10 12:42:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
 #include "prefs.h"
 #include "colors.h"
 #include "misc.h"
+#include "dillo.h"
 
+extern char* rcfile;
+  
 /* symbol array */
 static const struct {
    gchar *name;
@@ -277,9 +280,18 @@
    gchar *file;
 
    /* Here we load and set options from dillorc */
-   file = a_Misc_prepend_user_home(".dillo/dillorc");
-   fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-   g_free(file);
+   if(strcmp(rcfile, DILLO_RCFILE) == 0) {
+      file = a_Misc_prepend_user_home(rcfile);
+      fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
+      g_free(file);
+   } else {
+   /* or from an alternative file specified on the command line*/
+   /* with the -R --rcfile switch */
+      if((fd = open(rcfile, O_RDONLY)) < 0 ) {
+        g_printerr("Error: Cannot find: '%s'\n.", rcfile);
+      }
+   }
+ 
    if (fd < 0 && (fd = open(DILLORC_SYS, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
       return FILE_NOT_FOUND;
 
@@ -318,7 +330,7 @@
    g_scanner_input_file(scanner, fd);
 
    /* give the error handler an idea on how the input is named */
-   scanner->input_name = "dillorc";
+   scanner->input_name = rcfile;
 
    /*
     * Scanning loop, we parse the input until it's end is reached,