Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!mende From: mende@aramis.rutgers.edu (Bob Mende) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: getting sys$login:.emacs loaded Message-ID: <1145@aramis.rutgers.edu> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 22:26:01 EDT Article-I.D.: aramis.1145 Posted: Mon Jul 27 22:26:01 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 01:18:52 EDT References: <683@julian.UWO.CDN> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 23 Keywords: vms init file .emacs To: peter@julian.UUCP In article <683@julian.UWO.CDN| peter@julian.UUCP writes: | I was trying to set up some keyboard re-mappings for version 17.VMS4 of | GNUEMACS on our VMS system. I read the instructions and created a file | named sys$login:.emacs with the appropriate lisp code in it. It never gets | loaded. If I load the file manually it works fine except that even when my | default directory is sys$login I still have to specify the whole name. | Can someone help me with this | probably trivial problem? I dont know your problem, but I have my emacs init file in my home directory and it is called .emacs (yes... VMS hates a empty file name and just a extension). What version of emacs are you using??? I have seen the problem with some logical root trees (have not done enough work to define the problem totaly) and I have seen that it will not automaticly complete directory names (remember that directorys are not normal files ( there is no file foo:[dir.subdirectory ... the brackets dont mach)). The other problem (which may been a feature) I have seen is that emacs UPPERCASSES file and buffer names. This is in GNUemacs 18.47 Bob -- mende@rutgers.edu {...}!rutgers!mende mende@pisces.bitnet