From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:01 -0400 Message-ID: References: <498421570904120553o69ee009dj544e0866b434b8a3@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1344628798 19052 80.91.229.3 (10 Aug 2012 19:59:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:59:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2967@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 10 21:59:57 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvN8-0005OP-VW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:59:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53821 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvN8-00023n-8u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46262) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvN6-00023h-5I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvN3-0007TQ-Id for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:48 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37986) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvN3-0007TI-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvV3-0007hb-UG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:08:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 2967 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2967-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B2967.134462924229492 (code B ref 2967); Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2967) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2012 20:07:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47532 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvUP-0007fa-Nx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:59717) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvUM-0007fP-Uj for 2967@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:07:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvML-0002Q1-Cj; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:01 -0400 X-Spook: AVIP satellite imagery Bin Laden rail gun MD4 JPL X-Ran: m*JA4n0rH,A5(w,F9n[s21bfQ9GrX.^_%Z^P32c"j(g`f'C>4(Hb9Rm3mj6v:Dc%[jd_Dy X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:23:06 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:63019 Archived-At: 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