strange NEdit error message

[Edward A. Berry]

I've seen part of this after upgrading the version of nedit. It seems to come from reading 
the ~/.nedit preferences file.
Try first saving a copy of .nedit; then from nedit's dropdown menu:
    Preferences: save defaults: OK

That should save whatever of your old preferences are compatible with the new version in a 
format readable by the new version, overwriting your old file.  Then quit and restart 
edit, see if the error went away. If not, or if it gets worse, quit nedit and copy the 
original .nedit file back.

Howard E. Bond wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running NEdit on a Solaris unix machine.  NEdit has suddently starting
> issuing the following error message:
>
>
> unix>  nedit junk.txt
> Could not read value of resource nedit.showMatching
> NEdit: No default pattern set in highlight pattern:
> CSS:Default
> <==
> NEdit: language mode name required in language mode specification:
> C:.c .h::::::".,/\`'!|@#%^&*()-=+{}[]"":;<>?~":<==
>
>
> I haven't noticed any actual effect on the performance of NEdit, but it's
> disconcerting to have such a message start appearing, even though I have no idea
> what it means.  Any suggestions?
>
> thx,
> Howard