Re: recentf-mode works 'by hand' but not if started from .emacs

[Roland Rau <roland.rau@gmail.com>]

rgb wrote:
>>>> What happens if you run Emacs with an ~/.emacs which only
>>>>> contains the line (recentf-mode 1)?  Do you get the submenu in the File
>>>>> menu?
>>>> I get the same error message as in my initial post.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again. Do you have any other idea?
>>>>
>>> You need (require 'recentf) in your .emacs!
>>>
>> But this does not give me the menu on top, right?
>> If I include and have it followed by the (recentf-mode t), I have again
>> the same error. :-(
>>
> As I re-read this post 2 things jump out at me.
> 1) When it 'works' you are doing something that makes recentf autoload
>    Thus my suggestion that you need (require 'recentf)
> 2) every time you get the error you are using (recentf-mode t)
> rather than putting '(recentf-mode t) in your (custom-set-variables ...
> section.
> 
> There is obviously a difference although I have no idea what it might
> be.  Turning on debug-on-error should show a trace of the activity that
> leads to your error.
> 
Thanks for all your help. I am using MS Windows at work but, at home, my 
computer is running GNU/Linux. So I will actually try it out at home. 
Maybe your suggestions work there and this will allow me maybe to narrow 
down what the problem could be.

Thanks,
Roland