From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: S Boucher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: what's the mystery of file-name variable? 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X-Received-From: 98.139.212.169 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82956 Archived-At: --406169123-181200749-1321631318=:27240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You do not say how you eval'ed the TWO expressions.=0A=0AIf you are in the = scratch buffer and place the cursor at the end of the 2nd line, and hit C-j= , emacs is only going to eval that line, which is the last sexp before the = cursor.=0A=0ATry putting your cursor at the end of this, and hit C-j:=0A=0A= (progn=0A=0A=A0 (setq file-name "test")=0A=A0=0A(describe-variable 'file-na= me))=0A=0A=0AOr eval each line one after the other.=0A=0A=0A>______________= __________________=0A>From: filebat Mark =0A>To: Dr= ew Adams =0A>Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org=0A>Sent: Thu= rsday, October 27, 2011 12:47:44 PM=0A>Subject: Re: what's the mystery of f= ile-name variable?=0A>=0A>=0A>Hi Adams=0A>=0A>Thanks a lot for your quick r= esponse.=0A>=0A>After clean start with emacs -Q, the problem remain.=0A>=0A= >Below is my emacs-version:=0A>Emacs 23.3.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Versio= n 2.20.1) of 2011-04-06 on wei-laptop=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 a= t 12:44 AM, Drew Adams wrote:=0A>=0A>> (setq file-n= ame "test")=0A>>> (describe-variable 'file-name)=0A>>=0A>>> =A0file-name's = value is nil=0A>>>=0A>>> =A0Documentation:=0A>>> =A0Not documented as a var= iable."=0A>>=0A>>It works for me. =A0Says file-name's value is "test" (and = not documented etc.).=0A>>=0A>>Give a recipe starting from emacs -Q.=0A>>= =0A>>=0A>=0A>=0A>-- =0A>Thanks & Regards=0A>=0A>Denny Zhang=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> --406169123-181200749-1321631318=:27240 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You do not= say how you eval'ed the TWO expressions.

If you are in the scratch buffer and place the cursor at = the end of the 2nd line, and hit C-j, emacs is only going to eval that line= , which is the last sexp before the cursor.

Try putting your cursor at the end of this, and hit C-j= :

(progn
  (setq file-name "test")
 =0A(describe-variable 'file-n= ame))


Or eval each line one after t= he other.
From: filebat Mark <filebat.mark@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
= Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org=
Sent: Thursday, Octobe= r 27, 2011 12:47:44 PM
Subject: Re: what's the mystery of file-name variable?

Hi Adams

Thanks a lot for your quick response.

After clean start with emacs -Q, the problem remain.
<= br>Below is my emacs-version:
Emacs 23.3.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Vers= ion 2.20.1) of 2011-04-06 on wei-laptop
=0A

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.co= m> wrote:
=0A
> (setq file-na= me "test")
=0A> (describe-variable 'file-name)
=0A
>  file-name's value is nil
=0A>
=0A&= gt;  Documentation:
=0A>  Not documented as a variable."=0A
=0A
It works for me.  Says file-name's value is "test" (a= nd not documented etc.).
=0A
=0AGive a recipe starting from emacs -Q.=
=0A
=0A



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Thanks &a= mp; Regards

Denny Zhang

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