From: Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com>
To: BP25 <bp25@riseup.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: help with add-to-list syntax
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:51:07 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86msimqupw.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87froguwpv.fsf@riseup.net> (BP's message of "Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:29:48 +0000")
BP25 <bp25@riseup.net> writes:
> Hello! Could any of you be so kind as to help me understand
> this, please? I have
>
> (custom-set-variables
> '(warning-suppress-types '((undo\ discard-info))))
>
> in my .emacs. If I start emacs, do load-file .emacs, then
> evaluate (add-to-list 'warning-suppress-types '(undo\
> discard-info)) I get an error saying the variable
> warning-suppress-types is void.
Instead of doing add-to-list, can you do C-h v and confirm the
variable setting that you expected didn't work?
That would give a simpler thing to investigate.
Cheers,
- Joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-30 0:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-28 14:29 help with add-to-list syntax BP25
2024-10-29 16:12 ` Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-10-30 0:51 ` Joel Reicher [this message]
2024-10-30 10:29 ` BP25
2024-10-31 10:35 ` Michael Heerdegen
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