Re: help: how to load existing file after upgrading to Emacs 29.1 from 28.3, or save it without prompt

[Globe Trotter]

On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 12:48:14 PM CST, Manuel Giraud via Users list 
for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote: 





Globe Trotter <itsme_410@yahoo.com> writes:

> Thanks for this! However, for me, it has no effect.  Indeed, removing
> the local .emacs and .emacs.d did not change the behaviour at all.

This is strange because it worked with "emacs -Q", right?  Could you try
this:

$ emacs --no-site-file test.txt

-- 
Manuel Giraud


Thank you for this! I do get a split window, one with the file (with no 
customizations) and the other with Warnings:

Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/home/gt/.emacs’:

Symbol's function definition is void: ac-config-default

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.


OK, let me try:


$ emacs --no-site-file  --debug-init test.txt

First window has the file.In the second window, I get:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function ac-config-default)
  (ac-config-default)
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/gt/.emacs" "/home/gt/.emacs" t t)
  load("~/.emacs" noerror nomessage)
  startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 
-0x1810ee4c1b34cb8>) #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x1f3c61addc0b39f5>) t)
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()


OK, remove the line 

(ac-config-default)

and the line

with ess-mode-map


$ emacs --no-site-file  --debug-init test.txt

opens in one window, as with -Q.

Howver, not 

$ emacs test.txt

(crickets, nothing in the emacs window).

All right, lets remove the .emacs file completely:

$ emacs test.txt

(crickets, nothing in the emacs window). ie Same as before.

$ emacs --no-site-file test.txt

I get a split window and have the emacs splash screen in the second window. The 
first window has the file.

Thanks again for your help!

GT