From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs starts with current screen contents in its display buffer
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 04:10:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mwciklpv.fsf@debian.uxu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.5159.1404953726.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Segundo Bob <segundobob@gmail.com> writes:
> But this doesn't make emacs usable. Nothing is ever
> erased from the screen. Information is overwritten
> with new information, but when a new buffer is
> displayed the text beyond the text in the new buffer
> is still displayed.
>
> I have no idea which problem above to attack first.
You have a bunch of error messages/warnings there so
you can start with them.
> Loading 00debian-vars...done Loading
>
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el
> (source)... Loading
> /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el
> (source)... Error while loading
> 50dictionaries-common: Symbol's value as variable is
> void: debian-aspell-only-dictionary-alist Loading
I'm on Debian, and I have/use aspell, but I don't have
that (the alist) in the 50dictionaries-common file.
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el
> (source)...done Loading
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pylint.el (source)...
> Loading pylint...done Loading
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pylint.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el
> (source)...done Loading
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yasnippet.el (source)...
> flet' is an obsolete macro (as of 24.3); use either
> cl-flet' or `cl-letf'. (lambda (field1 field2) ...)
> quoted with ' rather than with #' `flet' is an obsolete
> macro (as of 24.3); use either cl-flet' or `cl-letf'.
An "obsolete macro" shouldn't cause total havoc one
would think.
> Package assoc is obsolete! Type C-x 1
> to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
Yeah, same there.
All of that seems to relate to packages and/or the
installation of Emacs. Try not using any packages. Or
try reinstalling Emacs. What happens with 'emacs -Q'?
--
underground experts united
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2014-07-10 2:10 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2014-07-10 13:18 ` Emacs starts with current screen contents in its display buffer J. David Boyd
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2014-07-11 1:15 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-11 1:00 Segundo Bob
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2014-07-10 1:07 Segundo Bob
2014-07-10 0:55 Segundo Bob
2014-06-27 22:40 Segundo Bob
2014-06-28 0:02 ` James Freer
2014-06-28 1:02 ` Segundo Bob
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2014-06-28 2:39 ` Rusi
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2014-06-28 6:05 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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