Re: .emacs handling multiple versions

[Stefan Monnier]

> I'm running Carbon Emacs on OS X as my main Emacs, thus my .emacs file has
> a bunch of carbon only hooks in it.  However, sometimes I'll use the
> terminal emacs (shipped with OS X) and the .emacs file causes problems
> calling things that the terminal version can't handle.

You can also use CarbonEmacs in a terminal, so you'll get the exact same
version in both cases.

> I'd like to keep the ability to use both... any suggestions for having
> the .emacs file know which version is calling it and respond accordingly?

Typically, you'll want to use things like (fboundp 'foo) to check whether
the function `foo' exists, before calling it.
Tell us more and we'll tell you more.


        Stefan