Hi Henrik, I've got 0644 as permissions also. echo $HOME gives what would be expected (ie. /home/username).
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Henrik Enberg wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Henrik Enberg wrote: > > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I have been using a .emacs file for a while and would like to keep on > >> > doing so. With my new Woody install emacs appears to be ignoring it. I > >> > have tried emacs -q, emacs -debug-init <to see if my .emacs was rejected > >> > because of some bug>, emacs -no-site-file, have added (setq > >> > inhibit-default-init), all to no avail. > >> > >> What happens if you do C-x C-f ~/.emacs? Do you get the correct file? > >> > >> > > > > When I do as you say, I get my .emacs file <which is not loaded at > > startup>... > > Hmm, this is really strange. It sorta sounds like you $HOME variable is > screwy at the time you start Emacs, But I have no I dea what could > cause it. > > What are the file permissions for ~/.emacs? I have 0644 FWIW. > > -- Luc Lefebvre o /`-' Open Source, a strategic choice \ www.eff.org for mission-critical applications ___/___./ www.publicknowledge.org http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Key fingerprint = D2E5 5E35 B910 6F4E 0242 EC63 0FD9 96D0 C7F4 784E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]