From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Not processing my .emacs file? Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 03:35:29 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <50Tba.107246$em1.102660@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047526873 31682 80.91.224.249 (13 Mar 2003 03:41:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 03:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 04:41:10 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 18tJaf-0008Ea-00 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 04:41:09 +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 18tJa8-0005GX-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:40:36 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-sanjose!news-in-sanjose!in.nntp.be!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!news03.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com!news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-From: Le Wang Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Followup-To: comp.emacs.xemacs Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.192.199.96 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rogers.com Original-X-Trace: news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com 1047526529 24.192.199.96 (Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:35:29 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:35:29 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111029 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:7529 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7529 Roy Smith wrote: > I'm working with XEmacs 20.4 on a Solaris box. As far as I can tell, > it's not reading my .emacs file. None of the customizations I have in > there seem to be taking effect. I put in '(message "hello")', which it > ignored. I even put in some deliberate syntax errors, to no effect. > > What might be keeping it from reading my .emacs file? Could it be that XEmacs prefers ~/.xemacs/init.el over ~/.emacs if you have both? -- Le P.S. followup to c.e.xemacs