https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436245 Summary: Emacs cannot start flawlessly from within a directory containing umlauts in it's name Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- When starting emacs from within a directory containing German umlauts in it's name, an error message is generated: ****** Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnuserv-compat.el (source)...done !! File gnuserv-compat uses old-style backquotes !! An error has occurred while loading `/home/fred/.emacs': File error: Setting current directory, datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden, ~/work/ÃÃ/ To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace. Loading cl-seq...done For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. ***** The directory is called "ÄÄ" to provide an example. I do not know whether this is suse related or emacs related, so I report it here. By the way: GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (i586-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2008-10-12 on djunix from "factory" ... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.