Thanks for the message, but I have put xscope.el in the site-lisp, so I figure I do not have to update load-path.

Since all my other local .el loaded fine, I have to presume the issue is with xscope.el particularly.
I assumed there is some unprintable character got in the way, but I could not find any (I used od to check).
That is why I am at a loss at why I cannot load xscope.el.
I would appreciate if you can think of anything else that I should check.
Thanks :-)

Leo Liou
Live long and prosper ...
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Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:06:03 -0700
From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Need help on init error
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Message-ID: <dsgecg$vsm$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Leo Liou wrote:
> Added support for cscope in my .emacs
> (require 'xscope)
> And on starting up emacs got …
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "xscope")
>   require(xscope)
>   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
>   load-with-code-conversion("/home/leol/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
>   load("~/.emacs" t t)
>   #[nil "…—    Æ=ƒ ÇÈQ‚5     É=ƒ' ÊÇËÌ#ƒ# Í‚5 ΂5    Ï=ƒ1 Ђ5 
> ÇÑQÃ’Ó\nÒ‰#ˆ
> Ò=ƒF Ë
> ƒˆ Ô
> !Õšƒˆ Ö
> !‰×PØ
> !Æ’d
> ‚o Ø\f!ƒn \f‚o ˉƒ‡ Ù\f
> \"ƒ… ÚÛ\f
> #ˆÜÝ!ˆ\f*†– Ë ÓÞÒ‰#))‡" [init-file-user 
> system-type user-init-file-1 user-init-file source alt ms-dos "~" 
> "/_emacs" windows-nt directory-files nil "^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "~/_emacs"
> vax-vms "sys$login:.emacs" "/.emacs" t load file-name-extension "elc" 
> file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p 
> message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"
> inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-message] 5]()
> 
>   command-line()
>   normal-top-level()
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------
> 
> This seems to emit from startup.el.
> Any pointer/help is greatly appreciated ….
> This is emacs 21.2.1 on RH9.

The xscope.el and/or xscope.elc file must be in a directory that is a member of load-path.  Type `C-h v load-path RET' to see that variable's value.

Whereever you have installed the xscope.el?(c) files, add that to your load-path before the (require 'xscope) form e.g.

(setq load-path
       (cons "~/emacs" load-path))

--
Kevin Rodgers