From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: recentf-mode works 'by hand' but not if started from .emacs Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:48:43 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1168970738.841790.271720@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168973494 25428 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2007 18:51:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:51:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 16 19:51:30 2007 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 1H6tP6-0007s7-PV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:51:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H6tP6-0000a6-VL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:51:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H6tOr-0000WT-3Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:51:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H6tOn-0000PP-2l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:51:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H6tOm-0000P7-Ui for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:51:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1H6tOm-0001rM-Hf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:51:08 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l0GIohhD020295 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:50:43 -0600 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l0GHcejW004342 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:50:39 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-65-217.vpn.oracle.com by rcsmt251.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2369993831168973347; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:49:07 -0700 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 In-Reply-To: <1168970738.841790.271720@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Importance: Normal X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= 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:40372 Archived-At: > 2) every time you get the error you are using (recentf-mode t) > rather than putting '(recentf-mode t) in your (custom-set-variables ... > section. I haven't been following this thread, but shouldn't the arg to recentf-mode be a number: positive to turn it on, negative to turn it off? IOW, try this (which is what I use): (recentf-mode 1) This is the standard convention for turning modes on and off, BTW.