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From: Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Need LISP Help: popping up speedbar only under X
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:09:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k76htdrq.fsf@defun.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3036.1067886779.21628.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:

> (if (eq window-system "x")        ;; open the speedbar when emacs loads
>     (speedbar t))                 ;; if we're under X
>
> And it doesn't work.  According to M-x describe-variable:
>
> A symbol naming the window-system under which Emacs is running (such
> as `x'), or nil if emacs is running on an ordinary terminal.
>
> What am i doing wrong?

The value of `window-system' is a symbol, not a string.  So you should
say (eq window-system 'x).

       reply	other threads:[~2003-11-03 20:09 UTC|newest]

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2003-11-03 19:11 Need LISP Help: popping up speedbar only under X Dan Anderson

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