Re: list-load-path-shadows

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, after putting your minimal .emacs (suitably localized) in ~/temp,
>> emacs -Q -l /Users/dk/temp/.emacs launches emacs and opens the minimal
>> .emacs file for editing, but apparently doesn't source it.  M-x
>> locate-library RET org RET points to the org that ships with my emacs,
>> rather than to the one indicated in the minimal .emacs.
>> 
>> Following some advice on EmacsWiki, I have this in .bashrc:
>> 
>> alias emacs='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs'
>> alias emacsclient='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient'
>> 
>
> What happens if you bypass the alias?
>
> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q -l /Users/dk/temp/.emacs
>
> If it still doesn't work, I'll give up: MacOS emacs seems to be a very
> different beast from any emacs I know.
>
> Nick

Hi Nick,

Apparently a very different beast :(

Thanks for your help.  I probably wouldn't have thought to wonder
whether my emacs was the culprit.  I guess I'll try a different
installation to see what shakes out.

All the best,
Tom

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