From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: emacs boot error from .emacs file Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:12:10 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250199650 27599 80.91.229.12 (13 Aug 2009 21:40:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:40:50 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 13 23:40:43 2009 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 1Mbi2M-0005Wd-EO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:40:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59747 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbi2L-000352-Lb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:40:41 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe15.iad.POSTED!800a5453!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@WWWSpace.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:12:10 UTC Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:171955 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:67129 Archived-At: I get this opening error from the messages buffer for 3-4 secs before opening emacs proper: An error has occurred while loading `/home/notbob/.emacs': Symbol's value as variable is void: * The offending line is no doubt this line of code in my .emacs file: ;;; Dired Settings ;setting for recursive dir delete from dired (setq dired-recursive-deletes *) I know there are several alternative options for the * setting, but I want it to cover all files. Which other option might work and not trigger the error message prior to opening emacs proper? Is there a way to keep the * and not trigger the error? Thank you nb