w3 troubles

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Dave Hunt <wx1g@mediaone.net> writes:

> Try as I might, I cannot get w3-4.0pre.46 to display a page, even the one 
> at cs.indiana.edu.

What emacs version do you use? Probably Emacs 21?
AFAIK w3-4.0pre-46 doesnt work very well with Emacs 21. You should
probably fetch w3-4.0pre-47 from ftp.xemacs.org. Thats the version which is
reported to work with Emacs 21.

> I have built and installed according to instructions.  The lisp
> source and binary files are all in /usr/share/emacs/.  I let the
> Makefile put the load commands into my .emacs.  When I start w3, it
> loads, contacts the site, retrieves the page, draws, and stops with
> the error "wrong type argument stringp nil".  I'm left in the
> scratch buffer, but in w3-mode.  What's happening?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
> -Dave
> 
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> Home Tel:  617 923 2407
> 
> 
> 
> >From .emacs:
> 
> ;;; Emacs/W3 Configuration
> (setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" load-path))
> (condition-case () (require 'w3-auto "w3-auto") (error nil))


-- 
CYa,
   Mario <mlang@delysid.org>
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