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exmixllxer@xattxbi.com wrote:
> When I set the bkup-backup-directory-info variable
> via xemacs regular emacs barfs on it.  Not sure why,
> but it seems that xemacs refers to this variable but
> emacs refers to the backup-directory-alist variable.

> This is the error I get:

> File error: "Cannot open load file", "backup-dir"

> .emacs from xemacs customization:
> (custom-set-variables
>  '(bkup-backup-directory-info (quote (("." "~emiller/emacs_bkup" ok-create))) nil (backup-dir)))

Ugh, I think the parens are unbalanced.  Odd since this came
right out of xemacs!

E