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In article <1992Oct14.174421.29217@cis.uab.edu> mahesh@evb.com writes:
+hi
+
+I have installed epoch 4.x on my Solbourne. I can't
+use the .emacs of epoch for emacs (epoch -nw). When I
+try to use emacs itays "Error in init file".
+Is there a way to solve this problem?

That's a FAQ question, but I can type in the answer pretty fast, too... 

Start up epoch with the -q switch, which won't load your init file.

In the *scratch* buffer, type (setq debug-on-error t)^J
(yes, that's a control-J).

Then type (load-file "~/.emacs")^J.

The debugger will come up, showing a backtrace of where the error occurred.

When you find the problem, you can conditionalize the code as follows:

At the beginning of your .emacs file, add the line:

(setq running-epoch (boundp 'epoch::version))

Then you can say stuff like (if running-epoch ...).

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