Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:30:27 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Peter Erceg <perceg AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: emacs - cannot load c-mode
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Peter Erceg wrote:

> I downloaded em2005b.zip and unzipped it as per instructions in c:\djgpp.
> When I enter "M-x c-mode" I get the following message:
> Cannot recognize major version number: 20

I cannot reproduce this on my machine; for me it says:

	Loading cc-mode... done

I suspect that one or more of the following is true:

  - you didn't unzip em2005li.zip
  - you are running an old or incompatible emacs.exe
  - you have an old c-mode module lurking somewhere on your
    Lisp load-path, and Emacs tries to load it
  - your _emacs init file somehow breaks the normal operation of C Mode

To see which one of these is true, please do the following and post the 
results here:

  * make sure you have downloaded and installed em2005li.zip
  * invoke Emacs with "emacs -q" and see if "M-x c-mode RET" works
  * type "M-x emacs-version RET" and tell what does it print in the echo area
  * type "C-h f c-mode RET" and tell what does it display in a pop-up window
  * type "M-: loadpath RET" and tell what does it print

Btw, you shouldn't need to load c-mode explicitly: Emacs automatically 
loads it and enters the C Mode when you visit a file whose extension 
shows it's a C or C++ file.