From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Bug? Won't eval an 'if' sexp? Date: 26 Jan 2003 10:41:11 +0100 Organization: T-Online Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043574052 8029 80.91.224.249 (26 Jan 2003 09:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18cjHX-00025L-00 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:40:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cjJ1-0001yF-03 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:42:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cjIh-0001TO-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cjIe-0001Ke-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:42:01 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cjIV-0000ye-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:41:51 -0500 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18cjIV-0005W6-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:41:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cjIQ-0000nC-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:41:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout01.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.80]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18cjHu-0008A7-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:41:15 -0500 Original-Received: from imh00.t-online.com by mailout01.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18cjHs-0006Ke-00; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:41:12 +0100 Original-Received: from news.t-online.com by imh00.t-online.com with esmtp id 18cjHs-0006xU-00; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:41:12 +0100 Original-Received: from news by news.t-online.com with local id 18cjHs-0008Pr-00; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:41:12 +0100 Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-Path: news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1043574072 02 31973 IrmaEPzXSSAngv 030126 09:41:12 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520018396234-0001@t-dialin.net X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6,xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN;i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4315 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4315 Hacksaw writes: > I added this to my .emacs under version 20.7: > > (if (eq (user-uid) 0) > (message "You're uid 0, no desktop") > (lambda () > (message "setting up desktop") > (custom-set-variables > '(desktop-enable t nil (desktop))) > (desktop-load-default) > (desktop-read) > ) > ) > > > It worked just fine. Under 21.2 it's not evaluated correctly. Doing > a eval lst sexp, it returns the lamda, I guess implying that it's > not evaluating it? Whoever gave you the idea it should? You want to use progn here, not lambda. Actually, you don't need to use even progn here: everything beyond the first clause of an if-form belong to the else-part. Please start using C-h f on functions/forms you have no clue about. Better yet, read an introduction to Lisp. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum