Can't open files using ctrl+x ctrl+f

Can't open files using ctrl+x ctrl+f

[sauparna]

I am using emacs23-nox. Opening files using ctrl+x ctrl+f has stopped
working. Specifying a file (say, filexyz) prints this line in Emacs :

Directory /home/rup/olpc/filexyz
filexyz

For some reason it is mistaking files for directories. If I start
emacs with filexyz as a command-line argument, the file opens fine.

What's could have gone wrong ?

Re: Can't open files using ctrl+x ctrl+f

[rusi]

On Jan 19, 11:46 pm, sauparna <sauparna.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using emacs23-nox. Opening files using ctrl+x ctrl+f has stopped
> working. Specifying a file (say, filexyz) prints this line in Emacs :
>
> Directory /home/rup/olpc/filexyz
> filexyz
>
> For some reason it is mistaking files for directories. If I start
> emacs with filexyz as a command-line argument, the file opens fine.
>
> What's could have gone wrong ?

Is that (also) the behavior when emacs is started with emacs -Q ??

Re: Can't open files using ctrl+x ctrl+f

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 19.01.2011 um 19:46 schrieb sauparna:

> What's could have gone wrong ?

Look into your init file! How does GNU Emacs work when you launch it  
with -q or -Q?

--
Greetings
                                  <]
   Pete       o        __o         |__    o           recumbo
     ___o    /I       -\<,         |o \  -\),-%       ergo sum!
___/\ /\___./ \___...O/ O____.....`-O-'-()--o_________________

Re: Can't open files using ctrl+x ctrl+f

[sauparna]

Well, I didn't have to try with -Q, emacs is working properly again.
But I still have no clue why such a thing happened.
I will try to recollect some of the things that I think I did which
could have affected its functioning:

(a)
I had added these lines to .emacs, by copying and pasting from a web
page. I checked by removing them but emacs was still misbehaving.
(setq locale-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-selection-coding-system 'utf-8)
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)

(b)
Rebooting the system didn't correct it; with and without those lines
in .emacs.

(c)
I tried opening a file with a by appending a space at the end of the
file name. i.e. "c-x c-f filename ". It failed to open anything saying
the file does not exist. But just after this I tried "c-x c-f
filename" and it worked fine.

I wonder if these two events can ring a bell with anybody reading this
post. Or they may have nothing to do with my problem. Thank you for
the help.