Installation issues

[Brandon S Allbery KF8NH]

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On 7/12/10 13:07 , David Waller wrote:
> I have recently installed Haskell-mode (version 2.7) for xemacs (version
> 21.4.22) onto a PC running Windows 7 (64bit)
> 
> When I try and open a Haskell file (ending in .hs) with Xemacs, I get the
> error message Invalid read syntax “#” and the file is not opened.

"#" in ELisp signifies opaque types; for example, if you type "M-:
(current-buffer) RET" you will get something like "#<buffer *scratch*>".

In my experience this kind of thing indicates that you're trying to load
.elc files that aren't compatible with your editor (gnuemacs and xemacs, for
example, cannot use each others' .elc files).

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electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university      KF8NH
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