From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need help debuging my `.emacs` file Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:14:33 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87eh6lpbjh.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> References: <97eff3ec-fba9-4ef4-8f45-2b53d58d0b23@googlegroups.com> <87iovy2udh.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384290915 20637 80.91.229.3 (12 Nov 2013 21:15:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:15:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 12 22:15:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VgLIt-0004nC-OC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:15:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45391 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VgLIt-00016i-AV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:15:19 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 43 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: VVbyYd/iFZoeWNmD9i++cQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:yRZi7d5G7cL/HsKnBOaB0qPVo7M= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:202201 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94470 Archived-At: Glyn Millington writes: > Emanuel Berg writes: > >> eccstartup writes: >> This line: >> >>> (require 'package) >> is the problem. I also get: > > No it isn't :-) With emacs 24, that should work. The operative word: "should" :) >>> File error: Cannot open load file, package >> Because I don't have it, and neither do you. > > You don't have it, but perhaps *his* Emacs just can't > find it! So perhaps the OP's `load-path' isn't set correctly? > What OS are you using, OP? > >>> Should I download a package.el from >>> http://marmalade-repo.org/ ? >> >> Yes > > No - not until you are sure it isn't already there > somewhere on the system. Any 'package.el' on > marmalade is not necessarily the package.el which > comes bundled with emacs 24. Well, if you download it and it works as expected I don't see any reason to be paranoid about it. That's what I would do, without hesitation. But for the purist I suppose the right way is to understand why it doesn't work as it is described in the documentation. -- Emanuel Berg, programmer-for-rent. CV, projects, etc at uXu underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573