[Nethack-el-devel] trouble starting nethack

[Jesse Alama]

When I start a fresh emacs (Gnu Emacs CVS, November 1 2005) and do
M-x nethack RET I get the error:

error in process filter: nh-filter: Args out of range: 1, 452
error in process filter: Args out of range: 1, 452

Subsequent calls to `nethack' result in

Nethack process already running...

The contents of *nh-output* is

(nhapi-raw-print "Couldn't open default config file 
/Users/alama/Library/Preferences/NetHack Defaults.txt Permission denied(13)." )
(nhapi-wait-synch )
(nhapi-init-nhwindows "/usr/games/lib/nethackdir/nethack" "4" )
(nhapi-create-message-window )
(nhapi-create-status-window )
(nhapi-create-map-window )
(nhapi-create-inventory-window 3 )
(nhapi-restore-window-configuration )
(nhapi-yn-function "Shall I pick a character for you? [ynq] " "ynq" 121 )
number> 

and the contents of *nh-log* is

(nhapi-raw-print "Couldn't open default config file 
/Users/alama/Library/Preferences/NetHack Defaults.txt Permission denied(13)." )
(nhapi-wait-synch )
(nhapi-init-nhwindows "/usr/games/lib/nethackdir/nethack" "4" )
(nhapi-create-message-window )
(nhapi-create-status-window )
(nhapi-create-map-window )
(nhapi-create-inventory-window 3 )
(nhapi-restore-window-configuration )
(nhapi-yn-function "Shall I pick a character for you? [ynq] " "ynq" 121 )

I'm running nethack 3.4.3 on Mac OS X 10.4.3.  What might be going on?

Thanks,

Jesse

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Jesse Alama (address@hidden)