From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Roland Rau Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: recentf-mode works 'by hand' but not if started from .emacs Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:08:11 -0500 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: References: <1168614875.355310.217590@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1168966392.930662.33840@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <1168970738.841790.271720@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168980088 10061 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2007 20:41:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 16 21:41:22 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H6v7E-0003t6-Qg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:41:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H6v7E-00029G-RH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:41:08 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!newspeer.monmouth.com!guardian.oit.duke.edu!gargoyle.oit.duke.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-152-3-243-108.aas.duke.edu Original-X-Trace: gargoyle.oit.duke.edu 1168978091 1898 152.3.243.108 (16 Jan 2007 20:08:11 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@news.duke.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:08:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) In-Reply-To: <1168970738.841790.271720@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144772 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40376 Archived-At: 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