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: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:31:14 +0200 Message-ID: <86o9rmruil.fsf@zoho.com> References: <1502373086.1171866.1069247696.71F9FED4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8660dvuzsr.fsf@zoho.com> <1502436066.2568371.1070085968.1D25E0E7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <861soitdq1.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502465538 28261 195.159.176.226 (11 Aug 2017 15:32:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:32:18 +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 Fri Aug 11 17:32:13 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 1dgBv1-0006va-S3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:32:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50014 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgBv8-0000c3-1w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:32:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54927) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgBuI-0000Zh-NE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:31:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgBuE-0001wU-NU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:31:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=54286 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgBuE-0001wC-GA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:31:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dgBu6-0003o7-3J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:31:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:zLUfnQjzZidbBJxp36hSopAEg2g= 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:113986 Archived-At: notbob wrote: > ....and that is the problem. What are the > "some-value"? I tried 2-3 variables until > someone in this newsgroups gave me the proper > value, which at the time I was not > even aware. Yes, and that is a fine way of doing it! 1) think 2) use the help system or manual 3) experiment 4) ask a friend (or NG) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573