Hello again and thanks for the replies.
Well after wasting much time (yours and mine) on this, I found a
byte-compiled .emacs file in my home directory. I don't remember
creating one, but I vaguely remember a package asking about compiling
configuration files. So, all my editing was not being loaded. Sorry
for the wasted bandwidth.
Brian Flaherty
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