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Re: nnml directory customization
From: |
romeomedina |
Subject: |
Re: nnml directory customization |
Date: |
17 Sep 2005 00:34:40 -0700 |
User-agent: |
G2/0.2 |
Rodolfo wrote:
> If I put in my ~/.gnus.el the following:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
> '(nnml ""
> (nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")))
>
> , everything seems to be all right: I get no error messages.
> Instead, if I first put the following line:
>
> (setq my-nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")
>
> and then:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
> '(nnml ""
> (nnml-directory my-nnml-directory)))
>
> , when starting gnus I get the following error message:
>
> nnml () open error: ''. Continue? (y or n)
>
> . Why? Any idea?
David wrote:
> perhaps the most straightforward thing is
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
> `(nnml ""
> (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)))
>
> (note the backquote and comma).
Reiner wrote:
> See (info "(elisp)Backquote") to learn more about "`" and ",".
Thanks indeed!
That worked fine.
Rodolfo