Re: [Sheflug] Emacs - formatting and dating files.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Barrie" == Barrie Bremner <TheEnglishman [at] ecosse.net> writes:
> 
>     Barrie> However, upon opening a .tcl file, I get the following
>     Barrie> error:
> 
>     Barrie> Error in init file: Wrong type argument: keymapp, nil
> 
> Grr.  Why do they make things so hard?  There is _no_ point in not
> defining a keymap on loading the file.
> 
> Try
> (if t                   ; change `t' to `nil' to turn this off
>     (add-hook
>      #'(lambda ()
>          (progn
>           (define-key tcl-mode-map [(tab)]       'self-insert-command)
>           (define-key tcl-mode-map [(shift tab)] 'tcl-indent-command)))
>      'tcl-mode-hook))
> 
> If tcl-mode is set up properly, this should win.

 Guess what. It failled - with the longest error message I've yet seen
from Emacs.

Something along the lines of Error in init file: wrong type of argument,
symbolp [most of the code above]

It doesn't stay on the screen long enough for me to get a good look at
it. :-(

> 
>     Barrie> No joy.
> 
> You could always switch to XEmacs, where things are set up to _start
> with_[1], and wrestle with figuring out how to configure stuff for
> yourself in GNU Emacs later....  ;-)
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1]  Well, at least we try.  GNU doesn't -- they have their reasons.
> This difference in reasons is one of the _good_ things about the
> split.  You _can_ have it your way, you don't have to do it our way if
> you prefer RMSmacs.

I'm easy, although Emacs is what I'm used to. You might have guessed by
now that I'm not exactly a power user tho :-)
Swapping over should hopefully be relatively easy I guess.

What is the situation between GNU Emacs and XEmacs then? I thought they
were just part of the same group...*shows his ignorance*

My main concern at the moment is getting the tcl mode set to my liking
and having a white-on-black XEmacs window. I'm very fussy about the
colours of things - especially when I'm working on code.

I've just fired up XEmacs - it's got all sorts of interesting Tcl
options.... *dribble*

Baz.

Is there a way to port across my .emacs file to (I guess) a workable
.xemacs file - save all this pissing about with Emacs

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