From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What's wrong with this elisp code? Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 22:04:59 +0200 Message-ID: <91497E48-05D4-4C0C-AE89-3A85659940B4@Web.DE> References: <44D233E1.6060900@speakeasy.net> <44D24F39.5080607@speakeasy.net> <52A05EBB-9A5D-48C9-8A2A-553908FD097E@Web.DE> <44D25BD4.7040006@speakeasy.net> <44D327DF.6090500@speakeasy.net> <1FC085D0-7196-4146-ABAE-1C4815191D9D@Web.DE> <44D3A269.5070909@speakeasy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1154722133 17350 80.91.229.2 (4 Aug 2006 20:08:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 04 22:08:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G95yK-0006VM-NC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:08:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G95yK-0008MX-0z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G95y5-0008IS-1j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:08:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G95y3-0008Gi-85 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:08:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G95y3-0008GR-48 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.234] (helo=fmmailgate03.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G961g-0001Aj-5r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:12:08 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC742EB76C8; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 22:05:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [84.245.183.110] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1G95un-00030b-00; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:05:01 +0200 In-Reply-To: <44D3A269.5070909@speakeasy.net> X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: gebser@speakeasy.net X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de 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:36496 Archived-At: Am 04.08.2006 um 21:39 schrieb ken: > I'm glad computers can do text searches. Otherwise I'd be thinking > myself crazy. After reading through diary-lib.el several times, I > just > searched for "defvar diary-entries-list" and this computer agrees with > my eyes and brain-- it's not there. I'm using emacs version 2.3.1. Upgrade to GNU Emacs 22.0.50 from CVS (you probably mean that you have an elderly version 21.3.1, 21.4 is the recent one) and learn a bit about CVS, configuring, getting missing software, and making and installing free software! > > Is there some other way that this variable could be defined other than > with defvar? Defvar it in site-start.el! It'll be empty, but it'll be at least there! To be prepared for the future you might like to check first whether the variable is already defined. If not, create it! There is, hopefully, a node about Emacs Lisp in *info* (if not, you can get it from GNU/FSF). There might be some pointers to answer your question. -- Greetings Pete "I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me." -- Hunter S. Thompson