[gnu.emacs.vms] Building Gnu Emacs v18.54

iglesias@orion.cf.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) (05/09/89)

I've been trying to get Gnu Emacs 18.54 compiled and running on a
VMS v5.0-2 VAXcluster.  I can get it compiled, linked, and the
TEMACS.DUMP file created just fine.  When I run it and do a
^X^F (find file), I get prompted with the following in the minibuffer:

Find file: SHOW DEFAULT

instead of 

Find file: LIBD:[EMACS1854.SRC]

(My current directory was set to the above)

Has anyone been able to get Gnu Emacs 18.54 running on VMS?  I'm using
VAXC v2.4-026, if that makes any difference.  I've stuck some
printfs in the source to print out various items, with the following
results:

init_buffer correctly sets the 'directory' item in the *scratch* buffer
structure to the current directory.

Fread_file_name picks up the directory from the *scratch* buffer, and
it's SHOW DEFAULT instead of what it was when init_buffer finished with
it.

I have been unable to find any code in either the c source or lisp source
that puts the string 'SHOW DEFAULT' anywhere.  I'm stumped.


Thanks in advance for any info,

Mike Iglesias
University of California, Irvine
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