Re: xfonts

[Kevin Rodgers]

Ivan Danicic wrote:

> Hello all, I have just obtained emacs 21.3.1. for linux suse 8.0. which has
> a slight glitch. If I enter "emacs" I get a split window  which says 'cannot
> load file xfonts' and it suggests running 'emacs --debug-init'. This says
> (file-error "cannot open load file" xfonts) and to look in init file for
> cause. What does this mean? My .emacs contains nothing about xfonts. The
> emacs window is otherwise OK but I get error messages of type "cannot find
> ... font". If I enter "emacs -q" I get a good starting window


Then the problem is in the default.el file.  Use `M-x locate-library RET
default RET' to find out which load-path directory contains it.

> but this is
> presumably not quite satisfactory. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Read the "Init File" node of the Emacs manual:

|    There can also be a "default init file", which is the library named
| `default.el', found via the standard search path for libraries.  The
| Emacs distribution contains no such library; your site may create one
| for local customizations.  If this library exists, it is loaded
| whenever you start Emacs (except when you specify `-q').  But your init
| file, if any, is loaded first; if it sets `inhibit-default-init'
| non-`nil', then `default' is not loaded.
|
|    Your site may also have a "site startup file"; this is named
| `site-start.el', if it exists.  Emacs loads this library before it
| loads your init file.  To inhibit loading of this library, use the
| option `-no-site-file'.

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