From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Rhey, David" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Help Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:17:40 -0500 Message-ID: <8A3A380847DF834FBCFEEE233F322BA406E2E8AD8E@ITCS-ECLS-1-VS3.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_8A3A380847DF834FBCFEEE233F322BA406E2E8AD8EITCSECLS1VS3a_" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262713681 3554 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2010 17:48:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:48:01 +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 Jan 05 18:47:53 2010 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 1NSDVV-0000IV-Pu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:47:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34345 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSDVU-0007hM-4K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:47:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSCRc-0000J8-M5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:39:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSCRY-0000A3-Jx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:39:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42672 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSCRY-00009k-GA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:39:40 -0500 Original-Received: from itcs-ehub-02.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu ([141.211.3.202]:31545) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_MD5:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NSCRY-0001Ii-7W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:39:40 -0500 Original-Received: from ITCS-ECLS-1-VS3.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu ([141.211.3.233]) by itcs-ehub-02.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu ([141.211.3.202]) with mapi; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:17:59 -0500 Thread-Topic: Help Thread-Index: AcqOIqZ/hA9CKL4tQeajKATb6wo2dQ== Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Error: This connection is not (no longer?) in the cache. X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:47:15 -0500 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:71070 Archived-At: --_000_8A3A380847DF834FBCFEEE233F322BA406E2E8AD8EITCSECLS1VS3a_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I'm an IT worker with the University of Michigan. I have a professor who ha= s a fairly detailed .emacs file that he's worked with for years. I recently= built him a VM for his laptop. He would like the .emacs file from his desk= top imported to his laptop VM. Every time I replace the original .emacs fil= e contents with his original I get the following error (upon opening a term= inal and typing: emacs): "An error has occurred while loading '/home/david/.emacs' Invalid read syntax: ") or . in a vector" There is a list of things that comes before this error, and a small suggest= ion to run '-debug-init' after it. I've been working on this off and on for= awhile now, but haven't made any breakthroughs. Any help or insight would = be most appreciated. Regards, David UMICH Chemistry IT --_000_8A3A380847DF834FBCFEEE233F322BA406E2E8AD8EITCSECLS1VS3a_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

 

I’m an IT worker with the University of Michigan= . I have a professor who has a fairly detailed .emacs file that he’s work= ed with for years. I recently built him a VM for his laptop. He would like the= .emacs file from his desktop imported to his laptop VM. Every time I replace the original .emacs file contents with his original I get the following error (= upon opening a terminal and typing: emacs):

 

“An error has occurred while loading ‘/hom= e/david/.emacs’

 

Invalid read syntax: “) or . in a vector”<= o:p>

 

There is a list of things that comes before this error= , and a small suggestion to run ‘—debug-init’ after it. I’= ;ve been working on this off and on for awhile now, but haven’t made any breakthroughs. Any help or insight would be most appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

David

UMICH Chemistry IT

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