Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen

[eabod <quinnculver@gmail.com>]

How do I create the needed init file and in which dirctory does it belong?


Peter Dyballa wrote:
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> Am 05.02.2009 um 21:19 schrieb eabod:
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>> I typed 'emacs --debug-init' into my terminal and emacs started  
>> with a blank
>> screen. Under the Buffers menu were only '*scratch*' and  
>> '*Messages*',  no
>> '*Backtrace*'. Any ideas?
>>
>> Do I need to create an init file?
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>>> Am 04.02.2009 um 22:21 schrieb eabod:
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>>>> "Cannot save customizations; init file was not fully loaded".
>>>>
>>>> How can I remedy this?
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> I understand now! Since you do not have an init file, GNU Emacs can't  
> save any customisation. Obviously the message you cited is a bit  
> misleading – maybe it's worth to report it as a bug (see Help menu)  
> that it gets corrected to report that no init file exists and a file  
> name is needed (and GNU Emacs should suggest names) to save the  
> customisation.
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> Maybe it helps to create with a 'touch ~/.emacs' an empty init file,  
> launch GNU Emacs again, redo the customisation, and then save it.
> 
> So you have an answer to your latest question: yes, you need an init  
> file to save customisation.
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> --
> Greetings
> 
>    Pete
> 
> There is no national science just as there is no national  
> multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
> 				– Anton Checov
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