Re: 18.59 problem -- Error in init file

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From: Jerry G. DeLapp
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 06:06

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I think I've found the problem. The system was snarfing my .emacs file even
though I'd done an su root to do the build and was testing as root. Is it
possible that the algorithm for finding the .emacs file is connecting to the
wrong place? That is, when su'ed to another user, I sort of expect emacs to
look for .emacs in the other user's home. In the case of root, /.emacs instead
of ~jgd/.emacs.

Anyway, as soon as I moved my .emacs aside the error message went away. But
I'd sure like to know how this works.

Jerry G. DeLapp -- ACL System Scientist -- (505) 665-4531 <jgd@lanl.gov>
Computing beyond the Bleeding Edge -- The Advanced Computing Laboratory

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From: jgd@acl.lanl.gov (Jerry G. DeLapp)
Subject: Re: 18.59 problem -- Error in init file
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