From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs server variable server-name ... not available Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:41:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87zlhikj8h.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232696548 12179 80.91.229.12 (23 Jan 2009 07:42:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Harry Putnam" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 23 08:43:40 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LQGhW-0002wM-Tp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:43:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56545 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQGgF-0003O9-GI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:42:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQGgA-0003O4-6o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:42:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQGg8-0003Ng-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:42:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56426 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQGg8-0003Nd-CQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:42:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.g-wis.com ([204.250.154.18]:4182) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQGg8-0004Al-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:42:12 -0500 thread-index: Acl9LhjnsZ4IN2qgRMioBSBNb9etOg== X-Received-From-Address: 69.38.23.210 X-Envelope-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-Envelope-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, reader@newsguy.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([69.38.23.210]) by mail.g-wis.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:42:08 -0800 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2B6E2700DA; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:41:53 -0500 (EST) Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4325 In-Reply-To: <87zlhikj8h.fsf@newsguy.com> (Harry Putnam's message of "Thu, 22Jan 2009 17:34:54 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jan 2009 07:42:08.0889 (UTC) FILETIME=[18726E90:01C97D2E] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108137 Archived-At: > In a recent cvs of emacs-23, when I attempt to set that variable as > described I get a comment: > M-x set-variable server-name [no-match] > Emacs knows nothing about this variable... is there some particular > package that must be loaded for this variable to be recognized? Welcome to Emacs. Variables that belong to a package are generally only defined when that package is loaded. Stefan