Xref: utzoo gnu.emacs:3566 comp.emacs:8917 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!decwrl!wuarchive!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!bacchus!matt From: matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au (Matt Atterbury) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs,comp.emacs Subject: Re: scrolling in emacs Message-ID: Date: 20 Aug 90 22:56:50 GMT References: <5363@ge-dab.GE.COM> <1990Aug17.195222.4815@odin.corp.sgi.com> Sender: matt@bacchus.esa.oz Distribution: gnu.emacs, comp.emacs Organization: Expert Solutions Australia. Lines: 15 In-reply-to: milt@sgi.com's message of 17 Aug 90 19:52:22 GMT In article <1990Aug17.195222.4815@odin.corp.sgi.com> milt@sgi.com (Milt Tinkoff) writes: Does anyone know if gnu emacs loads its own init file before ~/.emacs? I always get "Error in init file" whenever emacs starts up. If I use the -q option and then load-file ~/.emacs I get no error message. Has anyone else had similar problems? I had a problem with similar *sounding* symptoms when I had my USER environment variable set to 'Matt Atterbury' rather than my login name 'matt'. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Atterbury [matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au] Expert Solutions Australia, Melbourne UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au "klaatu barada nikto" ARPA: matt%bacchus.esa.oz.AU@uunet.UU.NET "life? don't talk to me about life!"