Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!rkc From: rkc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (rkc) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Getting more info from load or byte-compile Message-ID: <1224@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> Date: 23 Jan 89 17:05:38 GMT Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA Lines: 12 I am trying to put together a working version of gnus and I keep getting the message Invalid read syntax: ". in wrong context" and I can't figure out what's going wrong, nor can I figure out what routine is causing the error (let alone the line number). Is there some type of verbose or debug mode that I can turn on? Thanks -Rob Cunningham rkc@xn.ll.mit.edu