From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0ca481f1-e676-4521-8282-9127082663c7@default> References: <1502436066.2568371.1070085968.1D25E0E7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87tw1ekxgo.fsf@127.0.0.1> <867ey9sva2.fsf@zoho.com> <86378xskth.fsf@zoho.com> <20170812073057.GB20873@tuxteam.de> <86bmnlqlic.fsf@zoho.com> <20170812080204.GC20873@tuxteam.de> <867ey9qf0q.fsf@zoho.com> <87wp69jcjt.fsf@fliptop> <864lt8eb36.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502835583 12710 195.159.176.226 (15 Aug 2017 22:19:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:19:43 +0000 (UTC) To: Emanuel Berg , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 16 00:19:39 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dhkBT-0002np-AC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:19:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45483 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhkBZ-0000Yd-JD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:19:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39972) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhkB3-0000XC-Uf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:19:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhkAz-0005cP-RD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:34718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhkAz-0005bQ-3d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:19:05 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id v7FMJ2dd000640 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:19:02 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v7FMIx8N008024 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:19:00 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0002.oracle.com (abhmp0002.oracle.com [141.146.116.8]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v7FMIwTN030391; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:18:59 GMT In-Reply-To: <864lt8eb36.fsf@zoho.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6774.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114047 Archived-At: > `customize-set-variable' should be used rather > than setq. However that doesn't work - it won't > evaluate, and the byte compiler - which doesn't > mention the supposed "setq error" by the way - > the byte compiler doesn't accept the New Deal, > saying either > Wrong type argument: symbolp > or > Attempt to set a constant symbol: nil > > The customize-set-variable interface is > (customize-set-variable VARIABLE VALUE &optional COMMENT) >=20 > which sounds a lot like the setq interface, namely > (setq [SYM VAL]...) > so why doesn't that work? Hint, it's called `customize-set-variable', not `customize-setq-variable'. = ;-) You need to quote the symbol, if you want to pass a literal symbol. (setq alpha 42) =3D (set 'alpha 42)