From: Fren Zeee <frenzeee@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Non hex digit used for Unicode escape
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:00:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikMDwOUMC8W0BUSo1PeqSx1qZ1TRmtVZj_AgR+2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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I am not sure if my first message got to the mailing list and I am trying
again. Apology in advance for duplication.
Subject: Non hex digit used for Unicode escape
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading
`/home/frenzee/.emacs':
error: Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape
To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with
the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.
I just upgraded my emacs to the latest version on unix and this is the
error.
I ran the --debug-init and went to each file point position and the main
thing appears to be some double \\
How to automatically fix all my .emacs files and their entries ? I think
there are some commands like
The following post discusses the problem but gives no example of a good
solution on what is the replacement :
Hi!
> It's the line (setq default-directory "C:\Users\Charles") thats
> causing the problem. (cd "C:\Users\Charles") raised the same error
> too.
You have to escape backslashes in strings like this:
(cd "C:\\Users\\Charles")
See (info "(emacs) Init Syntax") for some more hints.
Regards,
Anselm
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Anselm Helbig
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2010-11-11 22:00 Fren Zeee [this message]
2010-11-12 1:06 ` Non hex digit used for Unicode escape PJ Weisberg
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