From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Init error message Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:36:46 +0100 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <843clsbqip.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: <1fgba.43206$sf5.31886@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> <8765qq1ee2.fsf@china.shootybangbang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047480349 1233 80.91.224.249 (12 Mar 2003 14:45:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 12 15:45:47 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18t7UI-0000JO-00 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:45:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18t7PE-0007wH-05 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:40:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p50876b7d.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p50876b7d.dip.t-dialin.net (80.135.107.125) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1047479821 69819675 80.135.107.125 (16 [73968]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:h/S7pRHWRBacZsVfKhiBMagYiBo= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111007 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7508 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7508 Kevin Reeder writes: > Went there and that's better than what I'd come up with on my own. > However, I need to get grounded in working with this .emacs file. The > syntax is a mystery and I just want to use the editor! Probably a common > whine. Is the only option to learn enough of LISP to hack it profitably > without having to cry for help over every little init error msg? It seems that your errors come from copying and pasting things you don't understand. If you start slow and don't just snarf gobs of Lisp code, it will be easier. If you have a question, it's best to show the problematic Lisp code. For example, I'm guessing that you had (require 'auto-save) in your ~/.emacs file for a reason -- maybe some additional lines that need it? Emacs does not have auto-save.el -- was the code from an XEmacs user? For key bindings, I always recommend to use the kbd syntax. It has the advantage that C-h c, C-h k, and C-h l print out exactly the syntax you need. It works like this: (global-set-key (kbd "") 'forward-char) Instead of you can just put there whatever C-h k or C-h c or C-h l tells you. So after hitting Shift-F4 Ctrl-Meta-SPC, C-h l tells you C-M-SPC and this is ready for use. -- A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.