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Re: NTemacs: *** desktop-read: "Warning: desktop file appears to be in u
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Juanma Barranquero |
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Re: NTemacs: *** desktop-read: "Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID 1568." |
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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:29:23 +0200 |
> Loading desktop...done
> Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID 1568.
> Using it may cause conflicts. Use it anyway? (y or n)
> Quit [4 times]
> Mark saved where search started [2 times]
That means that Emacs finds a file .emacs.desktop.lock, which
indicates that another instance of Emacs is running. In theory, that
file should be deleted when the given instance exits.
> Happens every time.
Always PID 1568, or a new one each time?
> PS: GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-08-18 on TPAD
That's quite old. Could you try with a more recent build? You can
download the newest pretest of Emacs 23 from
http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/
Juanma