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 17:25:59 +0200 Organization: Slackers Home Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r879piig.fsf@gmx.net> References: <87issl7iya.fsf@web.de> <87addx7hh2.fsf@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052408252 3981 80.91.224.249 (8 May 2003 15:37:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 08 17:37:29 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 19DnQy-0000u4-00 for ; Thu, 08 May 2003 17:35:48 +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 19DnQe-0006d3-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2003 11:35:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com.MISMATCH!newsfeed!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.66.64.3!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 46 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.66.64.3 Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1052407990 19357310 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:N8jKicEtqjP3l2Lxb7HsIp7OtoM= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112954 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:9449 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9449 Lute Kamstra writes: > upro writes: > > [...] > >> You're great - with inhibit-default-init in .emacs it finally works! >> >> browse-url-browser-function's value is browse-url-netscape. >> >> I have nothing in my .emacs talking about browsing, netscape or >> similar, apart from the above line from custom-set-variables. >> >> How come my custzom variable was not taken? > > I understand that without (setq inhibit-default-init t) in your > .emacs, browse-url-browser-function's value is browse-url-netscape and > with (setq inhibit-default-init t) in you .emacs, its value is > browse-url-lynx-emacs. > > This means that you have a default.el file somewhere in your load-path > (type C-h v load-path RET to find out what your load-path is) that > changes browse-url-browser-function. Such a default.el file is loaded > after .emacs is loaded, so it would "overwrite" the settings you put > in .emacs. It might be a good idea to locate this library (try typing > M-x locate-library RET default RET) and see what more is in it. You > may even want to delete it. (Note that default.el is not shipped with > Emacs, but is put on your system by the system administrators or your > OS distribution). > > Lute. Hi Lute! Well - I don't have any default.el or default.elc or default file on my machine. So something else must be wrong Do you have any idea, what?. Thanks! -- Michael r-znvy: zvpunry.wryqra jro.qr (chg gur "@" jurer vg svgf...) ab fcnz cyrnfr