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Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net> writes:

> I was just trying to send an error message to the list using sendmail rather
> than Gnus, and after I sent it, I got these interesting messages:

> audio: /dev/dsp, Operation not supported by device 
> Scanning buffer... (100%) done
> Scanning buffer... (  0%)
> Use M-x make-dir RET RET to create the directory
> Save address for future sessions? (y or n) Yes
> /home/mharnois/.xemacs is not a directory

It looks like you have a ~/.xemacs text file (if present it should
be a directory now), and there is a bug in the code dealing with
`custom-file'.

> Now, I've been playing with my configuration, and I could have messed
> something up, but I know we've also been playing with ~/.xemacs ...

That's the likeliest explanation.

$ cd
$ mv .xemacs .xemacs-SAVE
$ mkdir .xemacs
$ mv .xemacs-SAVE .xemacs/init.el

