Re: .emacs is not getting executed

["Anand S. Dhankshirur" <asd@cdotb.ernet.in>]

Hi,
I retained only the key bindings and last two statements.
The key bindings are working!! :-)

Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 24.11.2008 um 05:15 schrieb Anand S. Dhankshirur:
>
>> Actually i don't know anything about the lisp programming.
>> This .emacs file, i took it from some one else.
>> ...
>>
>> I just want the key bindings to work.
>
> So throw away everything you copied, except these empty statements 
> that are, empty or not empty, always the last ones in a user init file
>
>     (custom-set-variables
>       ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or 
> cut/paste it!
>       ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>      )
>     (custom-set-faces
>       ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or 
> cut/paste it!
>       ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>      )
>
> and just leave your key binding things in it. With time you'll add 
> this or that, then knowing what you're doing.
>
> If invocation with --debug-init does not point to the error, then try 
> to sanely comment have of your init file. If the error persits, then 
> it's in the not yet commented region. So comment, sanely, half of this 
> half, re-launch. If the error went away, then it was in the comment 
> half. So un-comment this and comment the previously uncommented half. 
> Iterate until the error is the only uncommented statement.
>
> Another way: start with your key bindings and the two default 
> statements and add one statement after other from the .emacs copy you 
> fetched somewhere.
>
> -- 
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
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