From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Chris Swoyer" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for Max OS X.3 Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:54:42 -0600 Organization: Cox Communications Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070852490 8536 80.91.224.253 (8 Dec 2003 03:01:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:01:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 08 04:01:27 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ATBeJ-0000WB-00 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:01:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATCa9-0002NV-Ia for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 23:01:13 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!cox.net!p01!okepread02.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 46 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.97.17.238 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net Original-X-Trace: okepread02 1070852083 68.97.17.238 (Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:54:43 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:54:43 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119096 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15036 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15036 Thanks for the info (the directions that came with enhanced carbon emacs said to rename the file dot-emacs.el -> .emacs. TeX works o.k, (e.g., under TeXShop) so I think I must have fouled something up on the emacs end. CS "Tim McNamara" wrote in message news:m2r7zgcmku.fsf@bitstream.net... > "Chris Swoyer" writes: > > > I have installed the recent build of Emacs 21.3.50.1 from > > www.mindlube.com to run on my powerbook under panther. But it > > freezes when I try to run tex from its deopdown menu and some of the > > options (I think) I should have (e.g., dvips) don't show up on the > > menu). I renamed the file dot-emacs.el .emacs, but I've done > > somethhing wrong. On startup I get the message: > > > > An error has occurred while loading `/Users/fswoyer/.emacs': > > > > Symbol's value as variable is void: darwinp > > > > And I don't get the auctex and reftex functionality. > > I can't answer all your questions, but I don't think you should have > renamed the .emacs.el file as .emacs. Someone else here will know for > sure. Your .emacs file needs to be in your home directory, and at > least in my installation of Emacs there is no .emacs.el file in my > home directory- so if you just renamed it and left it where it was, > Emacs can't find it. > > Have you checked to make sure that TeX is properly installed on your > computer? I'm using 10.1.5 (which may not come with exactly the same > stuff in the BSD subsystem) and dvips is conspicuous in its absence, > although dvipdf is present. I installed GhostScript many moons ago > and ISTR that this was installed as part of that .pkg (along with > texi2dvi, texindex, pfd2ps, ps2pdf, etc.). > > > Thanks for any help (including letting me know of a more > > appropriate news group if there is one). > > Dis be da place.