From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: newer versions of emacs file open Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:49:50 -0500 Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <878x42cx5d.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <475739CF.8010801@mmri.us> <47573CD0.60100@gmail.com> <87ir3bubr0.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> <87ir3bsfaa.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> <87ir38s92o.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197308452 30444 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2007 17:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:40:52 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 10 18:41:03 2007 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 1J1mcX-00009u-SD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:40:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1mcG-0002bj-AA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:40:28 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.glorb.com!newspeer1.asbnva01.us.to.verio.net!news.harvard.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: w0053328.mgh.harvard.edu Original-X-Trace: plato.harvard.edu 1197305390 4709 132.183.29.121 (10 Dec 2007 16:49:50 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@plato.harvard.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:49:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:t0MQe8mE01Ei+1jJC/gK4Xz367A= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:154555 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:49984 Archived-At: Tim X writes: > "admin@mmri.us" writes: > >> I am using emacs for as long as I can remember about 10+ years. >> There must be something I dont understand, because it could NEVER save >> settings in $HOME/.emacs >> Everytime I reinstall the servers everyone needs to fight their way to get >> their old settings working again. >> This happened from RH5-FC7 >> I can save settings all I want, but a new emacs installation ignores the old >> settings. >> For example I have a lot of syntax highlighting and custom debuggers etc etc >> which does not get saved. >> Whenever I start a new installed version, pop goes the weasel. > > That sounds very odd. I've been using emacs since version 19 and my .emacs > has evolved steadily through using versions 19, 20, 21 and now 22. There > have only been two issues I've come across - Is there something peculiar about the Emacs included with RedHat? Does it set up using (custom-file) automatically? My question to OP would be "what else happened to your users' files?" The only places Customize has ever saved anything for me is in .emacs or (custom-file), which I started using simply because it's nicer to look at my .emacs with the Custom settings elsewhere. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109