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Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen
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eabod |
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Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen |
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Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:00:46 -0800 (PST) |
How do I create the needed init file and in which dirctory does it belong?
Peter Dyballa wrote:
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> Am 05.02.2009 um 21:19 schrieb eabod:
>
>> I typed 'emacs --debug-init' into my terminal and emacs started
>> with a blank
>> screen. Under the Buffers menu were only '*scratch*' and
>> '*Messages*', no
>> '*Backtrace*'. Any ideas?
>>
>> Do I need to create an init file?
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>>> Am 04.02.2009 um 22:21 schrieb eabod:
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>>>> "Cannot save customizations; init file was not fully loaded".
>>>>
>>>> How can I remedy this?
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> I understand now! Since you do not have an init file, GNU Emacs can't
> save any customisation. Obviously the message you cited is a bit
> misleading – maybe it's worth to report it as a bug (see Help menu)
> that it gets corrected to report that no init file exists and a file
> name is needed (and GNU Emacs should suggest names) to save the
> customisation.
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> Maybe it helps to create with a 'touch ~/.emacs' an empty init file,
> launch GNU Emacs again, redo the customisation, and then save it.
>
> So you have an answer to your latest question: yes, you need an init
> file to save customisation.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
> Pete
>
> There is no national science just as there is no national
> multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
> – Anton Checov
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- Error Dismissing Startup Screen, eabod, 2009/02/05
- Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen, Peter Dyballa, 2009/02/05
- Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen, eabod, 2009/02/05
- Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen, Peter Dyballa, 2009/02/05
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- Re: Error Dismissing Startup Screen, Glenn Morris, 2009/02/07
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