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Re: help with add-to-list syntax


From: Michael Heerdegen
Subject: Re: help with add-to-list syntax
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:12:42 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

BP25 <bp25@riseup.net> writes:

> Hello! Could any of you be so kind as to help me understand this,
> please? I have
>
> (custom-set-variables
> '(warning-suppress-types '((undo\ discard-info))))
>
> in my .emacs.

Why is the space character escaped?

> If I start emacs, do load-file .emacs, then evaluate
> (add-to-list 'warning-suppress-types '(undo\ discard-info)) I get an
> error saying the variable warning-suppress-types is void.

You are sure there was no typo involved?

Apart from that I dunno, that makes no sense unless your .emacs messes
up emacs in a crazy way.


Michael.




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