From: gebser@speakeasy.net
Subject: Re: "variable [in .emacs] is void"
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 17:42:20 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312201522530.23118-100000@www> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3fzffmpc8.fsf@hamster.pflaesterer.de>
At 17:24 (UTC+0100) on Sat, 20 Dec 2003 Karl Pflästerer said:
= An unnamed person wrote:
=
= > When starting emacs, an error is reported in *Messages*:
=
= > Error in init file: Symbol's value as variable is void: mail-mode-map
=
= `mail-mode-map' is defined in sendmail.el.
=
= > The first place in .emacs where that variable occurs is:
=
= [...]
= > My guess is that some other code is required prior to this. After emacs
= > is loaded and I do "M-x mail", I can evaluate it fine (in .emacs).
=
= > Any ideas?
=
= Try to wrap your code in an
=
= (eval-after-load "sendmail"
= '(substitute-key-definition ...
= ))
=
Did this, but I'm still getting an error in *Messages*, albeit a
different one:
Error in init file: Symbol's value as variable is void: mail-mode-map
You're correct, though. sendmail.el is the place where it's defined:
(defvar mail-mode-map nil)
Anything else I could try?
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2003-12-20 15:29 ` "variable [in .emacs] is void" Tim McNamara
2003-12-20 23:58 ` gebser
2003-12-20 16:24 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-20 22:42 ` gebser [this message]
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2003-12-23 17:39 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-01-02 14:53 ` gebser
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2003-12-23 17:27 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2003-12-22 16:01 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-22 18:28 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-23 3:11 ` gebser
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2003-12-21 20:07 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-22 15:14 ` gebser
2003-12-22 19:27 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-12-23 0:49 ` gebser
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2003-12-21 17:18 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-21 19:28 ` gebser
2003-12-20 13:16 gebser
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