From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:23:28 +0100 Message-ID: <832FFA34-B7F1-4FCE-8F1F-DFC129014978@Web.DE> References: <21839889.post@talk.nabble.com> <7EDC3684-BC58-4E9D-98A1-C541280A1905@Web.DE> <21860253.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233872657 3621 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2009 22:24:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: eabod Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 23:25:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LVCf1-0000p8-1E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:25:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43005 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVCdh-0002JQ-JA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVCdI-0002Im-UW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVCdH-0002I9-2S for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37816 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVCdG-0002Hz-Pq for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:23:38 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:40909) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVCdG-0004ZX-AQ for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:23:38 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D72DFCCF8A6; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:23:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [91.35.242.117] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.110 #277) id 1LVCdE-0001Jm-00; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:23:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: <21860253.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19hDVa2XvFlWTN/1RpNsY75ykUmshlP7xWycjak k9bhdklAgcR/XgcDQ3heCYU5vEz6yyauGKGhie338FGb+siTaI Y+z/W4V6M51aYnZVcIlA== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:61936 Archived-At: Am 05.02.2009 um 21:19 schrieb eabod: > I typed 'emacs --debug-init' into my terminal and emacs started =20 > with a blank > screen. Under the Buffers menu were only '*scratch*' and =20 > '*Messages*', no > '*Backtrace*'. Any ideas? > > Do I need to create an init file? >> >> >> Am 04.02.2009 um 22:21 schrieb eabod: >> >>> "Cannot save customizations; init file was not fully loaded". >>> >>> How can I remedy this? I understand now! Since you do not have an init file, GNU Emacs can't =20= save any customisation. Obviously the message you cited is a bit =20 misleading =96 maybe it's worth to report it as a bug (see Help menu) =20= that it gets corrected to report that no init file exists and a file =20 name is needed (and GNU Emacs should suggest names) to save the =20 customisation. Maybe it helps to create with a 'touch ~/.emacs' an empty init file, =20 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 =20 file to save customisation. -- Greetings Pete There is no national science just as there is no national =20 multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. =96 Anton Checov