From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Trouble setting a variable to a list Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:10:19 +1100 Message-ID: <874mv2f4x6.fsf@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1413601920 6566 80.91.229.3 (18 Oct 2014 03:12:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:12:00 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 18 05:11:53 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1XfKQr-00085c-3I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:11:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35299 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XfKQq-0002Js-Gy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:11:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XfKQX-0002Jl-QE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:11:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XfKQO-0001UM-JN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:11:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pd0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22f]:61437) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XfKQO-0001UF-AW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:11:24 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pd0-f175.google.com with SMTP id v10so1788247pde.6 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:11:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:from:to:subject:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; bh=17PkfAgjTYntSp28UaVnZyweKbXoqTp8nHCJBCcGki4=; b=Zrg0EXUug1H52BksiiMd6eLuLqzsIURslB5iFu84iDpcvEf/d+pfOjQ+xH2uhV3sAS gzAh7FwyPfq2MX+FA9M/R2maa4I6/bGkw9x3/IINcci94R582NGYyKPJZ9QLqttubnab n9DpKvYUPA1Qk3ZJZmPOLJDaJAb21dz28Iq6ncZzjAxczIzqF+UyCU3x3tfYY35ap2iq y7qhmvCSIJ6VaM98GuUaEwPunSRV7pKWg3Pzn4QS1QOmb9VxxhUUFOgZO8Q6opmSW08b FHjMw1dbVLmZVs4c7jvIBmLou8g8nYBpDnD7st+9xI0OSYFvs1UqBTe24Igxbnhfriij grUw== X-Received: by 10.66.255.7 with SMTP id am7mr8209pad.134.1413601883185; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:11:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp118-209-119-125.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net. [118.209.119.125]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id b2sm2755190pdj.44.2014.10.17.20.11.21 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:11:22 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22f X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100491 Archived-At: Chris Seberino writes: > I tried to set the following variable to a list of strings.... > > (setq buffers-to-skip > '("*scratch*", "*Messages*", "*Echo Area 0*", "*Echo Area 1*", > "*Minibuf-0*", "*Minibuf-1*", "*Buffer List*")) > > > When I tried to use it and debug the problem I saw the list looked like this... > > ("*scratch*" > (\, "*Messages*") > (\, "*Echo Area 0*") > (\, "*Echo Area 1*") > (\, "*Minibuf-0*") > (\, "*Minibuf-1*") > (\, "*Buffer List*")) > > > Why the \'s showed up? You're using commas to separate items in your list, but elements of lists are separated by spaces. Trying removing all the commas. Alexis.