From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Gary Weselle" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem visiting .emacs Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:36:41 -0700 Organization: iPrimus Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@iprimus.com.au Message-ID: <443624bd_1@news.iprimus.com.au> References: <4434634d_1@news.iprimus.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144399378 27050 80.91.229.2 (7 Apr 2006 08:42:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 08:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 07 10:42:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRmYH-0000NF-PD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:42:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRmYH-0001xZ-6i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:42:45 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsfeed.pacific.net.au!token.pipenetworks.com!218.100.2.59.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 58.178.3.167 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.134.67.67 Original-X-Trace: 1144399040 un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 10141 203.134.67.67:4121 Original-X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse@pipenetworks.com Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138596 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:34214 Archived-At: "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message news:mailman.111.1144294710.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > From: "Gary Weselle" > > Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:39:06 -0700 > > > > 1) Find file: C:\emacs-21.3\bin/, I want to see my HOME directory instead. > > If you are invoking Emacs from a desktop shortcut, set the starting > directory via the Property sheets of that shortcut. > > > 2) not able to visit .c:\path-to-file\.emacs. > > Type "C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET". This should work. The error message > about aspell means that somehow you start the speller for Lisp files, > which is the reason for your apparent inability to visit .emacs. > You need to solve that problem first. > > the only other reference to spell in my .emacs is (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode t) ; check spelling now how could I solve the problem with the speller starting for Lisp files. I really don't know how can it be since the same .emacs file is being used for my Linux box and works fine. this problem happened after I installed aspell under cygwin. does this help. thanks