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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: customize save for future sessions
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:46:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k3gd0xrk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <l5u6d70310v@news6.newsguy.com>

> From: "B. T. Raven" <btraven@nihilo.net>
> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:25:56 -0600
> 
> When I try to save any customization (through Specific Option) to .emacs
> I see:
> 
> Invalid Read Syntax: "?"

Move your .emacs aside and try again.  I guess there's something there
that causes this.

> Also is there a faq for this group (gnu.emacs.help). I need to (re)learn
> how to use emacsclientw, installation options, etc. With every upgrade
> to Emacs and the OS things get clunkier due to my own ignorance of the
> basics and to the fact that many important things are done and then
> forgotten once a year or even less often.

Try the user manual, this should be described there.  Or maybe I don't
understand what are you looking for.



      reply	other threads:[~2013-11-13  3:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-12 21:25 customize save for future sessions B. T. Raven
2013-11-13  3:46 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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