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From: BP25 <bp25@riseup.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: help with add-to-list syntax
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:29:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87froguwpv.fsf@riseup.net> (raw)

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. However if I
start emacs, do load-file .emacs, then do C-h v warning-suppress-types
then I see the value being ((undo\ discard-info)) and if I evaluate
(add-to-list 'warning-suppress-types '(undo\ discard-info)) then
everything goes through without error. Why?!

Please, let me know! (and please, CC: my email address in your reply
because I'm not subscribed to this list)



             reply	other threads:[~2024-10-28 14:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-28 14:29 BP25 [this message]
2024-10-29 16:12 ` help with add-to-list syntax Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-10-30  0:51 ` Joel Reicher
2024-10-30 10:29   ` BP25
2024-10-31 10:35 ` Michael Heerdegen

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