Re: .emacs handling multiple versions

[Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de>]

IMVHO the best method is to check for the presence/absence of a
specific feature.

For example, if the problem is that sometimes a function doesn't
exist, then do

(when (fboundp 'foo)
  (foo ...))

Kai

"perldev@monkeybytes.org" <perldev@monkeybytes.org> writes:

> Hey, gang:
>
> I'm running Carbon Emacs on OS X as my main emacs, thus my .emacs file
> has a bunch of carbon only hooks in it. However, sometimes I'll  use
> the terminal emacs (shipped with OS X) and the .emacs file causes
> problems calling things that the terminal version can't handle. I'd
> like to keep the ability to use both... any suggestions for having
> the .emacs file know which version is calling it and respond
> accordingly?
>
> Thanks so much for the help.
>
> PS: I know I can forgo the .emacs file with "emacs -q", but most of my
> problems occur when some other application calls emacs  automatically
> via the environmental $EDITOR....