Re: add-hook problem, file mode specification error?

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

David Schneider wrote:
> Some time ago I asked how to modify the compile command in emacs, and
> several people were kind enough to help me out with the code:
> 
>  (add-hook 'perl-mode-hook
>          (lambda ()
>            (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
>                 (concat "perl -w " (buffer-file-name)))))
> 
> which I greatly appreciated.  Recently the command has stopped
> working, and I haven't been able to figure out why - perhaps I
> accidentally modified my .emacs file or some other configuration
> issue.    The message  file mode specification error comes up when
> loading my .emacs file - I have not tried to isolate that yet.  I can
> create a compile command for c, but not perl, is there a way to view
> the 'hooks' that are in place for a mode, will add-hook return
> anything to indicate failure?

`C-h v perl-mode-hook' will tell you whether add-hook did what you
expect.  But I would start by running emacs with the --debug-init
command line option.

-- 
Kevin