From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 2967@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qza9y25xiy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvvdp8wxos.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:23:06 -0400")
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> 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).
I assume the OP means something like:
(set 'foo t)
where the quote character is actually U+2019 "RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK"
rather than a plain old-ASCII apostrophe.
This leads to errors like:
Symbol's value as variable is void: 'foo
Recent example:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2012-08/msg00117.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-10 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-12 12:53 bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs Kit O'Connell
2009-04-13 12:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-08-10 19:59 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2017-06-07 3:46 ` npostavs
2017-06-07 5:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-17 0:49 ` npostavs
2017-07-22 9:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-22 14:41 ` npostavs
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