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Subject: Not processing my .emacs file?
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I'm working with XEmacs 20.4 on a Solaris box.  As far as I can tell, 
it's not reading my .emacs file.  None of the customizations I have in 
there seem to be taking effect.  I put in '(message "hello")', which it 
ignored.  I even put in some deliberate syntax errors, to no effect.

What might be keeping it from reading my .emacs file?