Re: [O] list-load-path-shadows

[Nick Dokos]

Thomas S. Dye <address@hidden> wrote:

> Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Thomas S. Dye <address@hidden> 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?
> >
> > 
> >
> > 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 :(
> 
One more attempt: do long options work?

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs --quick 
--load=/Users/dk/temp/.emacs

Nick

> 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.
>