From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Eure Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs boot error from .emacs file Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:01 -0700 Message-ID: <6BD03C3A-4299-4278-8194-8040B710C90A@digg.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250207078 13820 80.91.229.12 (13 Aug 2009 23:44:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:44:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: notbob Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 14 01:44:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1MbjyA-0004TD-Ps for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:44:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44286 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbjyA-00066U-5C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbjxp-00065J-D8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbjxk-0005zv-EM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42625 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbjxk-0005zs-7K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.digg.com ([64.191.203.36]:43196) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mbjxj-0001cA-Qq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:04 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.digg.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C294A850F2; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at d242.digg.internal Original-Received: from mail.digg.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.digg.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Vg3pYEdnKDZB; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [10.2.16.50] (diggstage01.digg.com [64.191.203.34]) by mail.digg.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A524FA850ED; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:67133 Archived-At: On Aug 13, 2009, at 2:12 PM, notbob wrote: > I get this opening error from the messages buffer for 3-4 secs before > opening emacs proper: > > > An error has occurred while loading `/home/notbob/.emacs': > > Symbol's value as variable is void: * > > > The offending line is no doubt this line of code in my .emacs file: > > > ;;; Dired Settings > ;setting for recursive dir delete from dired > > (setq dired-recursive-deletes *) > > > I know there are several alternative options for the * setting, but I > want it to cover all files. Which other option might work and not > trigger the error message prior to opening emacs proper? Is there a > way to keep the * and not trigger the error? > I think you misunderstand how the variable works. * is not and will never be a valid value for that setting. See: C-h v dired-recursive-deletes RET and/or M-x customize-variable RET dired-recursive-deletes RET - Ian