In article <mailman.6594.1344456250.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Ferdinand <Ferdinand.Gruebler@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to use ESS (emacs speaks statistics).
> Therefore I put the ess-site.el in a directory that I added to the load-path 
> variable in my .emacs file:
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/documents/emacs/load on startup/ess/lisp/")
> (require šess-site)
> 
> 
> This doesn't work. I get an error on startup (Symbol's value as variable is 
> void: šess-site)

The problem is that you've entered a "smart quote" before ess-site, 
instead of a regular apostrophe. Notice that the quote before ess-site 
is different from the one before load-path.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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