To get a debug trace, try:
	M-x set-variable [ENTER] debug-on-error [ENTER] t [ENTER]

... before you load a .pov file.  That will give you a backtrace of the 
call stack.

It *looks* like your load-path is messed up somehow, but that's a guess.


gipsy boy wrote:
> Hello. I have installed pov-mode for emacs. I have correctly adjusted my
> ..emacs file so it knows to load the lisp file when I try to open a *.pov or
> *.inc file.
> It does this, but then.. :
> 
> (emacs test.pov)
> Loading tool-bar...done
> Loading image...done
> Loading tooltip...done
> Loading regexp-opt...done
> For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
> test.pov has auto save data; consider M-x recover-file
> Loading pov-mode.el (source)...
> Loading cus-edit...
> Loading easymenu...done
> Loading cus-edit...done
> 
> ("/usr/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/progmodes/" . "/usr/share/emacs/21.3/etc/")
> 
> "/usr/share/emacs/21.3/etc/"
> 
> File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument listp
> "/usr/share/emacs/21.3/etc/")
> 
> 
> 
> ...it does this.
> "File mode specification error".. Never have I specified the directory in
> question anywhere (and neither is it specified in pov-mode.el)
> My guess was that the directory needs to be writable so emacs can store
> temporary images in it when rendering. Solving that didn't solve this
> however.. can anybody help me out?
> Thank you!
> 
> Maarten
> 
>

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