Re: tramp error in custom-set-variables in ~/.emacs

[B. T. Raven]

"Kevin Rodgers" <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1700.1147379855.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> ken wrote:
>  > Doing "load-file ~/.emacs", I got an error which said (approximately)
>  > "end of file reached before finished parsing".  So I went through
>  > ~/.emac and found at the end, under
>  >
>  > (custom-set-variables
>  >   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or
> cut/paste it!
>  >
>  > a really long line and a shorter line after it:
> ...
>  > Putting the cursor/point on the first open parenthesis above, the
first
>  > one in " '(tramp-methods (quote...", and running "M-x
>  > blink-matching-open", the minibuffer says "Mismatched parentheses".
The
>  > end of "'(tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp ..." is also the end of the file.
>  > I.e., this is the origin of the first-mentioned error.
>  >
>  > What should I do?  (I'm really hoping that my only option is not
>  > "Upgrade.")  If I simply delete these two lines, replacing them with
the
>  > needed closing parenthesis to "(custom-set-variables ...", would that
>  > fix the problem?
>
> Yes.
>
>  > Or should I instead move the tramp lines to some other
>  > file?
>
> It depends.  Do you need to change the value of
> tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp from its default?
>
>  > Thanks for your wise recommendations.
>
> Customize is for pussies.  Real men use setq.

This sounds like a variant of "Assembler is for wusses (more politically
correct); real men use soldering irons."

Ed.