From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:23:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <498421570904120553o69ee009dj544e0866b434b8a3@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 2967@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239626668 10811 80.91.229.12 (13 Apr 2009 12:44:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:44:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2967@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Kit O'Connell" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 13 14:45:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LtLXY-0000mL-Nv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:45:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36013 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtLWA-0005c3-4b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:44:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtLW3-0005a0-Gt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:43:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtLVy-0005Sy-AX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:43:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55254 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtLVy-0005Sb-71 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:43:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:59063) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LtLVx-0005FC-Jm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3DCho1L012003; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:43:50 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3DCU4Em008394; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:30:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:30:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2967 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2967-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2967.12396254006915 (code B ref 2967); Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:30:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2967) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 13 Apr 2009 12:23:20 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3DCNC0h006902 for <2967@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:23:14 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiAFAE3L4klLd+7D/2dsb2JhbACBUshhg3wGhRY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,179,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="36943740" Original-Received: from 75-119-238-195.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.238.195]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 13 Apr 2009 08:23:06 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7F6ED7FE7; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:23:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <498421570904120553o69ee009dj544e0866b434b8a3@mail.gmail.com> (Kit O'Connell's message of "Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:53:37 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:43:58 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:27127 Archived-At: > I was troubleshooting a friend's .emacs issues with the help of some > internet assistance. When I copy/pasted people's suggested .emacs > entries, some smart quotes got into the file, causing error messages. Please explain what you mean by "smart quotes" and describe the error messages you got (and when you got them, and if they seemed to have any actual effect). Stefan