From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: list-load-path-shadows Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:40:16 -1000 Message-ID: References: <8533.1346780053@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6715.1346853272@alphaville> <6932.1346868054@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <8509.1346872833@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T9LSc-0008KS-4R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:40:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T9LSa-0007Ck-T1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:40:26 -0400 Received: from oproxy9.bluehost.com ([69.89.24.6]:41070) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T9LSa-0007AT-Hc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:40:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8509.1346872833@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> (Nick Dokos's message of "Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:20:33 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: Org-mode Nick Dokos writes: > Thomas S. Dye wrote: > >> Hmm, after putting your minimal .emacs (suitably localized) in ~/temp, >> emacs -Q -l /Users/dk/temp/.emacs launches emacs and opens the minimal >> .emacs file for editing, but apparently doesn't source it. M-x >> locate-library RET org RET points to the org that ships with my emacs, >> rather than to the one indicated in the minimal .emacs. >> >> Following some advice on EmacsWiki, I have this in .bashrc: >> >> alias emacs='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs' >> alias emacsclient='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient' >> > > What happens if you bypass the alias? > > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q -l /Users/dk/temp/.emacs > > If it still doesn't work, I'll give up: MacOS emacs seems to be a very > different beast from any emacs I know. > > Nick Hi Nick, Apparently a very different beast :( Thanks for your help. I probably wouldn't have thought to wonder whether my emacs was the culprit. I guess I'll try a different installation to see what shakes out. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com