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Re: help:update to new version 21.2.1
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gebser |
Subject: |
Re: help:update to new version 21.2.1 |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:31:33 -0500 |
Kai Großjohann at 16:20 (UTC+0100) on Fri, 21 Feb 2003 said:
= Tom Hu <tomhu@cisco.com> writes:
=
= > I update my emacs from 19.34 to 21.2.1. My init .emacs does not work
= > correctly now.
= >
= > The first suspect is that when I edit a file, I got an error:
=
= What kind of file? If it is a C file, look for C mode customizations
= in your .emacs file.
=
= > file mode specification error: (error "Cannot recognize major version
= > number: 21).
= >
= > All my c-style format are lost. setnu (set number line) is lost too.
=
= Another alternative is to do the binary search dance: comment out the
= second half of .emacs, see if the error is still there. If the error
= is still there, comment out more. If the error is gone, re-enable
= some commented-out sections. Repeat until you get to the troublesome
= statement.
You could also look at your *Messages* buffer. It will point out where
the failure happened. Then you can fix it or comment it out and try
again.
ken