From: Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net>
Subject: Re: "variable [in .emacs] is void"
Date: 20 Dec 2003 09:29:01 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2llp7mrsy.fsf@Stella-Blue.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.408.1071929942.868.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
gebser@speakeasy.net writes:
> When starting emacs, an error is reported in *Messages*:
>
> Error in init file: Symbol's value as variable is void:
> mail-mode-map
>
> The first place in .emacs where that variable occurs is:
>
> (add-hook 'mail-setup-hook
> '(lambda ()
> (substitute-key-definition
> 'next-line 'mail-abbrev-next-line
> mail-mode-map global-map)
> (substitute-key-definition
> 'end-of-buffer 'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer
> mail-mode-map global-map)))
>
> 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?
Does that need to be (... mail-mode-map global-map t) or (... nil) as
the case may be?
next parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-20 15:29 UTC|newest]
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2003-12-20 15:29 ` Tim McNamara [this message]
2003-12-20 23:58 ` "variable [in .emacs] is void" gebser
2003-12-20 16:24 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-20 22:42 ` gebser
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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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2003-12-21 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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2003-12-22 16:01 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-22 18:28 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-23 3:11 ` gebser
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2003-12-21 17:18 ` Karl Pflästerer
2003-12-21 19:28 ` gebser
2003-12-20 13:16 gebser
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