From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Unable to open some files in emacs with emacs 25.3. Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:37:57 +0200 Message-ID: <868thifw2y.fsf@zoho.com> References: <878thi27sk.fsf@skimble.plus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505317119 15969 195.159.176.226 (13 Sep 2017 15:38:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:38:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 13 17:38:35 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9kJ-00045F-AM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:38:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43105 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9kQ-0002cx-HD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:38:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9jv-0002bz-QF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9jq-0000wk-Qb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:38:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=35437 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9jq-0000vM-Jk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:38:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9jg-0003Fz-GZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:37:56 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:fQEGXZMcJrAnMdfwnz2/SxbXBqM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114256 Archived-At: Sharon Kimble wrote: > Ever since updating to emacs 25.3 yesterday > I find that I cannot open some of my files in > emacs. This is the case in point It is common and understandable that a thing or two breaks with updates. Ironically... But you can't make an omelet without cracking the eggs. > [[~/cron/boudiccas.crontab]] > > On Monday that link would open the file in > emacs, today, it doesn't and the only change > is the new emacs version. Do you get an error message and if so what does it say? > To avoid cross-posting I'm going to send this > email separately to the 'org-mode' list. ... interesting. I'd say that amounts to cross-posting, and if you de facto do it, might as well use the forbidden method in all glory. Cross-posting isn't always bad. Here, at least I'd say it's OK. You can use the Followup-To: header to narrow the ensuing conversation, or just put both lists/groups there as well :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573