[Tutor] Dumb question on emacs and python ...

[Marilyn Davis]

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, hcohen2 wrote:

> Marilyn Davis wrote:
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> >On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, hcohen2 wrote:
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> >[much deleted]
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> >>Marilyn,
> >>
> >>Just added a few more characters to the file name: was fgrepwc.py* to 
> >>fgrepwc_allcnt.py*.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Well, that '*' at the end messes you up.  Try subtracting that and
> >maybe emacs will behave for you.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >Marilyn
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> Marilyn,
> 
> That's what I thought too, but (repeated it again) openning the file 
> without the '*' yields an empty file.  It looks crazy to me too.
> 
> I guess I am just going to write the file by pasting lines, or typing it 
> in new.  The change in appearance and the failure to execute are too 
> strong hints to ignore.
> 
> Thanks for your help.

I guess I couldn't help.  I'm clueless.

M.


> Herschel
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