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Re: tramp error in custom-set-variables in ~/.emacs
From: |
B. T. Raven |
Subject: |
Re: tramp error in custom-set-variables in ~/.emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 12 May 2006 00:35:19 GMT |
"Kevin Rodgers" <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1700.1147379855.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> ken wrote:
> > Doing "load-file ~/.emacs", I got an error which said (approximately)
> > "end of file reached before finished parsing". So I went through
> > ~/.emac and found at the end, under
> >
> > (custom-set-variables
> > ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or
> cut/paste it!
> >
> > a really long line and a shorter line after it:
> ...
> > Putting the cursor/point on the first open parenthesis above, the
first
> > one in " '(tramp-methods (quote...", and running "M-x
> > blink-matching-open", the minibuffer says "Mismatched parentheses".
The
> > end of "'(tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp ..." is also the end of the file.
> > I.e., this is the origin of the first-mentioned error.
> >
> > What should I do? (I'm really hoping that my only option is not
> > "Upgrade.") If I simply delete these two lines, replacing them with
the
> > needed closing parenthesis to "(custom-set-variables ...", would that
> > fix the problem?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Or should I instead move the tramp lines to some other
> > file?
>
> It depends. Do you need to change the value of
> tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp from its default?
>
> > Thanks for your wise recommendations.
>
> Customize is for pussies. Real men use setq.
This sounds like a variant of "Assembler is for wusses (more politically
correct); real men use soldering irons."
Ed.