Re: opening a cpp file

[David Hansen]

On 17 Jul 2006 22:22:46 -0700 harry meyers wrote:

> Gary Wessle schrieb:
>
>> Hi
>> I am trying to open a .cpp file, it opens it with an external viewer
>>
>> MR Buffer           Size  Mode         File
>>  -- ------           ----  ----         ----
>> .*  *scratch*                0  Lisp Interaction
>>  *  *Messages*            1721  Fundamental
>>  *  *ESS*          182  Fundamental
>>  *  *extview log*     489  Fundamental
>>
>> how can I open it normally with the cpp mode?
>
> I had the same problem especially with .tex files (but others, too).
> Now I open them with emacsclient. I put the appropriate lines in my
> .emacs prompting extview to open .tex files with emacsclient.

Sounds most  likely like some screwed  configuration in your
.emacs  or  site  lisp  file.   Does it  happen  with  emacs
--no-site-file -q too?

David