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[h-e-w] Re: init file, where should it be?
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John Paul Wallington |
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[h-e-w] Re: init file, where should it be? |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Nov 2002 03:56:05 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) |
"Karklins, M" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I am checking to see if the startup file was read by checking the
> value of the fill-column variable. It remains at 70, the default
> value.
[...]
> (setq fill-column 80)
Perhaps your test is misleading you: `fill-column' automatically
becomes buffer-local when set with `setq'. The current buffer when
loading .emacs isn't the *scratch* buffer. You could use
(setq-default fill-column 80) instead.
You could put (message "my .emacs has loaded!") in your .emacs. If
the message is overwritten, you could switch to the *Messages* buffer
and find it there. Or you could put (debug) in your .emacs which
will cause the debugger to pop up, halting loading.
--
John Paul Wallington