I can't use the same .emacs for epoch and emacs

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2 total messages Started by B.G. Mahesh Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:44

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Author: B.G. Mahesh
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:44

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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?

Please respond by email only.

thanks


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Re: I can't use the same .emacs for epoch and emacs

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Author: Aaron Endelman
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 00:41

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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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