Re: Can specify non-existing init file

Oliver> Files with an relative path are not processed on two of my Oliver> machines. Submit a full bug report, please. Works for me, and it could be system dependent. Oliver> I put an init.el under /tmp with only one statement: Oliver> (message "Hallo") This is not a reliable way of determining whether init.el was loaded unless you force display of the message with a sit-for or something like that. Admittedly it seems odd that use of an absolute path would make a difference. Try the test with `(switch-to-buffer "junk")'. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.