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From: dob@inel.GOV (Dave Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: HELP**EMACS ON X***
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Date: 15 Feb 91 18:39:26 GMT
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I tried mailing to this person twice, but it just bounces.  sorry for the
waste of bandwidth.

 > 
 >    From: manoj@acsu.buffalo.edu (Manoj Mehta)
 >    Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
 >    Date: 14 Feb 91 19:44:27 GMT
 >    Distribution: usa
 >    Organization: SUNY Buffalo
 >    Nntp-Posting-Host: kofke.eng.buffalo.edu
 > 
 >    This is my second posting  asking for help on the same subject.
 >    Will sombody know what could be the problem with my
 >    x windows , as when i run emacs on x windows it does
 >    ont pick files which are present in that dir.
 >    It will pick files only from the home dir.
 >    I LL REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP ON THIS MATTER....
 >    THANX
 >    manoj
 > 
 > since i use emacs within X, and it behaves quite normally, i would imagine
 > that your problem is not necessarily related to X.  first off, let's assume
 > that when you run emacs you are getting the binary, not some script which
 > cd's to your home directory.  next, let's assume that there's nothing in
 > your .emacs file which would cd to home, as well.
 > 
 > usually, if i bring up emacs and want to pick files from a directory, i'll
 > specify the directory as an argument to emacs.  let's say i was in ~/foo,
 > then i would do this:
 > 
 > emacs . &
 > 
 > that works for me.  alternatively, you could go 'emacs ~/foo &'.  i haven't
 > tried just 'emacs &' in the context you described, but since the example i
 > gave you works, i wouldn't worry about it.
 > 
 > you might try posting to gnu.emacs.help for future emacs questions.
 > 
 > dlb