Trouble loading files in batch mode

Trouble loading files in batch mode

[Davin Pearson]

When I run the following command:

emacs --batch -l ~/hello.el

Emacs complains like so:

Cannot open load file: /d/home/hello.el

But when I run the following command:

emacs --batch -l hello.el

it works fine.   please note that in both cases the file hello.el
exists so Emacs should be able to find it.   Here is the version
information:

In GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-03-27 on RELEASE
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Re: Trouble loading files in batch mode

[Bernardo Bacic]

it was a dark and stormy night when Davin Pearson said,
> When I run the following command:
> 
> emacs --batch -l ~/hello.el
> 
> Emacs complains like so:
> 
> Cannot open load file: /d/home/hello.el
> 
> But when I run the following command:
> 
> emacs --batch -l hello.el
> 
> it works fine.   please note that in both cases the file hello.el
> exists so Emacs should be able to find it.   Here is the version
> information:
> 
> In GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-03-27 on RELEASE
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

are you by any chance launching a Windows build of Emacs from a cygwin shell?

Re: Trouble loading files in batch mode

[Davin Pearson]

On Nov 27, 10:10 am, Bernardo Bacic <bernardo.ba...@pobox.com> wrote:
> it was a dark and stormy night when Davin Pearson said,
>
>
>
> > When I run the following command:
>
> > emacs --batch -l ~/hello.el
>
> > Emacs complains like so:
>
> > Cannot open load file: /d/home/hello.el
>
> > But when I run the following command:
>
> > emacs --batch -l hello.el
>
> > it works fine.   please note that in both cases the file hello.el
> > exists so Emacs should be able to find it.   Here is the version
> > information:
>
> > In GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
> >  of 2008-03-27 on RELEASE
> > Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> > configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
>
> are you by any chance launching a Windows build of Emacs from a cygwin shell?

No I don't think so.

Here is what clicking on the Properties menu button of my Emacs icon
shows:

Target: "D:\Program Files\emacs-22.2\bin\runemacs.exe"
Start In: "D:\Program Files\emacs-22.2\bin"

I have worked out a work around for this bug.  The file hello.el which
I can load from the current directory can hold code that loads from ~/
here.el.

Re: Trouble loading files in batch mode

[htbest2000]

Try ntemacs: http://ntemacs.sourceforge.net/

~/ means not your Emacs program folder but not your personal HOME
folder(for mswinNT always be C:/Document and setting/yourname), but it
is weird in your computer "/d/home/hello.el ", are you compiling the
emacs source code under msys by yourself?

On Nov 26, 8:38 pm, Davin Pearson <davin.pear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 27, 10:10 am, Bernardo Bacic <bernardo.ba...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > it was a dark and stormy night when Davin Pearson said,
>
> > > When I run the following command:
>
> > > emacs --batch -l ~/hello.el
>
> > > Emacs complains like so:
>
> > > Cannot open load file: /d/home/hello.el
>
> > > But when I run the following command:
>
> > > emacs --batch -l hello.el
>
> > > it works fine.   please note that in both cases the file hello.el
> > > exists so Emacs should be able to find it.   Here is the version
> > > information:
>
> > > In GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
> > >  of 2008-03-27 on RELEASE
> > > Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> > > configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
>
> > are you by any chance launching a Windows build of Emacs from a cygwin shell?
>
> No I don't think so.
>
> Here is what clicking on the Properties menu button of my Emacs icon
> shows:
>
> Target: "D:\Program Files\emacs-22.2\bin\runemacs.exe"
> Start In: "D:\Program Files\emacs-22.2\bin"
>
> I have worked out a work around for this bug.  The file hello.el which
> I can load from the current directory can hold code that loads from ~/
> here.el.

Re: Trouble loading files in batch mode

[Davin Pearson]

On Nov 27, 3:20 pm, htbest2000 <htbest2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try ntemacs:http://ntemacs.sourceforge.net/
>
> ~/ means not your Emacs program folder but not your personal HOME
> folder(for mswinNT always be C:/Document and setting/yourname), but it
> is weird in your computer "/d/home/hello.el ", are you compiling the
> emacs source code under msys by yourself?
>

I got Emacs from the following location:

http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz

Is NT Emacs different from this?

The environment variable HOME is set to d:/home on my Windows system.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Trouble loading files in batch mode

[htbest2000]

You are welcome :D
May be it is the bug of http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz
on my machine, Emacs/AUCTeX bundle(ver22) and ntemacs are both works
fine while exec `emacs --batch -l ~/xxx.el'

On Nov 27, 12:50 pm, Davin Pearson <davin.pear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 27, 3:20 pm, htbest2000 <htbest2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Try ntemacs:http://ntemacs.sourceforge.net/
>
> > ~/ means not your Emacs program folder but not your personal HOME
> > folder(for mswinNT always be C:/Document and setting/yourname), but it
> > is weird in your computer "/d/home/hello.el ", are you compiling the
> > emacs source code under msys by yourself?
>
> I got Emacs from the following location:
>
> http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz
>
> Is NT Emacs different from this?
>
> The environment variable HOME is set to d:/home on my Windows system.
>
> Thanks for your help.