GNU bug report logs - #5303
23.1.91; Cannot load .emacs-history from savehist.el

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Packages: w32, emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 5309

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 5303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
	Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#5303: 23.1.91; Cannot load .emacs-history from savehist.el
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:58:48 +0100

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The problem is in file-name-handler-alist. Removing
>> tramp-completion-file-name-handler makes the error go away. But
>> unfortunately that is not TRTTD...
>>
>> Here is the command to remove it:
>>
>> (setq file-name-handler-alist
>>       (delete '("\\`\\([a-zA-Z]:\\)?/[^/]*\\'" .
>> tramp-completion-file-name-handler)
>>             file-name-handler-alist))
>
> I will check it. Usually, I do not run W32 machines; it may take a
> couple of days until I'm able to do it.
>
> Best regards, Michael.


That sounds very nice, but why do you need a w32 machine? The file
name regexp above simply matches a file at the top of a w32 drive.
They look like (in Emacs file syntax) like "c:/file.txt". What more do
you need to know?
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