From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: upro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: customization of browse-url has no effect Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 17:43:39 +0200 Organization: Slackers Home Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87isslphp0.fsf@gmx.net> References: <87issl7iya.fsf@web.de> <87addx7hh2.fsf@gmx.net> <87vfwlpipm.fsf@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052409469 10818 80.91.224.249 (8 May 2003 15:57:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:57:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 08 17:57:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19DnlD-0002jE-00 for ; Thu, 08 May 2003 17:56:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19DnkB-0000cI-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2003 11:55:39 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.66.64.3!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 57 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.66.64.3 Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1052409050 19195079 212.66.64.3 (16 [172438]) Os: Slackware Linux 2.4.19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:69gxn7cwOHKlRWsTwyRo7wXnQN0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112957 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9452 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9452 Lute Kamstra writes: > upro writes: > >> bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgård) writes: >> >>> upro writes: >>> >>>> Lute Kamstra writes: >>> >>>>> 3) you have a default.el that does this. To test the latter >>>>> possibility, put >>>>> >>>>> (setq inhibit-default-init t) >>>>> >>>>> in your .emacs to prevent loading default.el. >>> >>>> You're great - with inhibit-default-init in .emacs it finally works! >>> [...] >>>> How come my custzom variable was not taken? >>> >>> Point 3) above. >>> >>> M-x locate-library RET default RET >>> >>> will tell you where the file is. >> >> Oops - strange enough I don't have a file default.el... > > Really? But, your Emacs does behave differently (i.e., with respect > to setting browse-url-browser-function on startup) when you put (setq > inhibit-default-init t) in your .emacs? Amazing. At this point I > would start grepping my hard disk. ;-) Well - I have some spare time ... so I'll start grep -r /usr/*. Actually - grep what? browse-url-browser-function? I'll tell you the result...! > >> How can a default value override my browse-program customization of >> there is no default.el file?!? > > I'm baffled. > >> Should I try to find one? I've been fine without until now... > > There is no need to get one. It's just that its presence would > explain the problem you were experiencing. > > Lute. -- Michael r-znvy: zvpunry.wryqra jro.qr (chg gur "@" jurer vg svgf...) ab fcnz cyrnfr