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Re: Installing Emacs from source: the command `C-h v` for accessing vari
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Jean-Christophe Helary |
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Re: Installing Emacs from source: the command `C-h v` for accessing variables doesn't work |
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:43:48 +0900 |
> On Jul 18, 2017, at 16:40, Itai Berli <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> More importantly, when I try to inspect variables by executing `C-h v`, the
> following error message appears in the echo buffer: 'Cannot open load file:
> No such file or directory, help-fns'.
You may want to check if you have the same issue when you start it from the
command line (emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs).
If the issue is fixed when starting from CL it is similar to an issue I had
recently when launching Emacs.app directly vs launching if from the command
line:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2017-07/msg00143.html
When launching from the command line you get the shell's environment variables
(including the PATH to your various commands), *NOT* when you launch Emacs.app
directly.
Basically, when I run Emacs.app, I either create an alias to
emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs and launch it directly from the
command line, or I use an Applescript "launcher" (that calls that same Emacs)
that I call from Spotlight.
I can send you the applescript if you want.
Jean-Christophe
Re: Installing Emacs from source: the command `C-h v` for accessing variables doesn't work,
Jean-Christophe Helary <=