Re: AW: [h-e-w] Asking for help on 2 problems (ange-ftp, file dir)

[jasonr]

>  (autoload sgml-mode "psgml" "Major mode to edit SGML files." t)

Take this line out of your .emacs anyway, sgml-mode is
already autoloaded in 21.2.

> I have another line of (sgml-mode) in the .emacs 
> file.

You should not set a mode in your .emacs file. Probably in
21.2 this will change the mode of the *scratch* buffer
but in future versions, it might change the mode of
the splash screen or some other buffer.

If your intention is for *scratch* to be in sgml-mode,
set or customize `initial-major-mode'.