From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Reeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Init error message Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:58:22 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <24Oba.66302$qi4.41393@rwcrnsc54> References: <1fgba.43206$sf5.31886@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso885915 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047506505 16027 80.91.224.249 (12 Mar 2003 22:01:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:01:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 12 23:01:40 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18tEI8-00049n-00 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:01:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18tEGn-00033J-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:00:17 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc54.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Pan/0.11.2 (Unix) X-Comment-To: "Kevin Reeder" Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.211.78.13 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com Original-X-Trace: rwcrnsc54 1047506302 12.211.78.13 (Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:58:22 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:58:22 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111020 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7520 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7520 Many thanks for the in-depth responses. Later today, possibly tomorrow, I'll have a chance to work with the ideas you shared. Posting now so as not to appear ungrateful. As I recall when I installed Xemacs, a "sample" .emacs file was provided which I copied into my ~/ and made a few customizations. It now seems quite clear that there are important differences between what Xemacs wants from that file and what GNU Emacs wants. Question: would it be best to just start over rather than try to jerry rig the old file? > . . .you are wise to migrate to the One True Editor. What was I thinking??? Kevin