Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: > >> Hmm, after putting your minimal .emacs (suitably localized) in ~/temp, >> emacs -Q -l /Users/dk/temp/.emacs launches emacs and opens the minimal >> .emacs file for editing, but apparently doesn't source it. M-x >> locate-library RET org RET points to the org that ships with my emacs, >> rather than to the one indicated in the minimal .emacs. >> >> Following some advice on EmacsWiki, I have this in .bashrc: >> >> alias emacs='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs' >> alias emacsclient='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient' >> > > What happens if you bypass the alias? > > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q -l /Users/dk/temp/.emacs > > If it still doesn't work, I'll give up: MacOS emacs seems to be a very > different beast from any emacs I know. > > Nick
Hi Nick, Apparently a very different beast :( Thanks for your help. I probably wouldn't have thought to wonder whether my emacs was the culprit. I guess I'll try a different installation to see what shakes out. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com
