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From: Bala PERIASAMY <bala@cst.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Installing XEmacs
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:18:54 +1100
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CC: bala@cst.com.au

I installed xemacs-19.13 package on a FreeBsd 2.1.0.
When i run, it gives the following error. Can anyone
say why?

Thanks
bala@cst.com.au

Initialization error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

exec-directory is nil
data-directory is nil
doc-directory is nil
load-path is nil

  backtrace(external-debugging-output t)
  # bind (string error debug-on-error stream debugger-args)
  early-error-handler(error (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
  # (catch debugger ...)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  # bind (stack-trace-on-signal debug-on-signal stack-trace-on-error
debug-on-error)
  string-match("\\`/tmp_mnt/" nil)
  # bind (tail hack-homedir filename)
  abbreviate-file-name(nil)
  set-default-load-path()
  # bind (debugger debug-on-error command-line-args-left)
  command-line()
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  normal-top-level()
  # (condition-case ... . error)
  # (catch top-level ...)