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From: kenw%noah.arc.cdn@RELAY.CDNNET.CA (Ken Wallewein)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vms
Subject: Can't use (enable-arrow-keys) in .emacs
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Date: 18 Jan 90 15:18:00 GMT
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  Whenever I try to use (enable-arrow-keys) in my .emacs file, I get
error message "Error in init file" when emacs starts up.  I've tried
all sorts of different things, but no help.  The only thing that works
is to execute the command interactively.  I notice that the code for
that fuction incluced a line saying (interactive). Does that mean it
is blocked from use in a .emacs file? This whole area is not exactly
well documented, especially for relatively novice emacs user like
myself.

  I also tried (edt-emulation-on); it seems to work, but doesn't exit
properly.  Emacs locks up, but entering a ^G straightens thing out and
then everything works fine.  To me, this is guru-level stuff.  I'd
sure appreciate some help.

  On the positive, I've been hacking KEPTEDITOR.COM.  I've figured out
how to keep it from doing a double-spawn when invoked as a sub-process
of another program (like NEWS OR MAIL).  Unfortunately, the method
tends to leave orphan subprocesses lying around.  I tried STOPing
those, but strange things happen to keyboard handling, much like doing
a SPAWN/NOWAIT with no arguments; you get two (or more) progesses
alternately handling the same channel.  Ah, challenges :-).

  I don't recall seeing this kind of thing discussed here before; if
this is the wrong forum, no flames please.

/kenw

Ken Wallewein                                                     A L B E R T A
kenw@noah.arc.cdn                                               R E S E A R C H
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