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bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:01 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I was troubleshooting a friend's .emacs issues with the help of some
>> internet assistance. When I copy/pasted people's suggested .emacs
>> entries, some smart quotes got into the file, causing error messages.
>
> Please explain what you mean by "smart quotes" and describe the error
> messages you got (and when you got them, and if they seemed to have any
> actual effect).
I assume the OP means something like:
(set 'foo t)
where the quote character is actually U+2019 "RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK"
rather than a plain old-ASCII apostrophe.
This leads to errors like:
Symbol's value as variable is void: 'foo
Recent example:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2012-08/msg00117.html
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