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Re: Trouble setting a variable to a list
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Alexis |
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Re: Trouble setting a variable to a list |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:10:19 +1100 |
Chris Seberino writes:
> I tried to set the following variable to a list of strings....
>
> (setq buffers-to-skip
> '("*scratch*", "*Messages*", "*Echo Area 0*", "*Echo Area 1*",
> "*Minibuf-0*", "*Minibuf-1*", "*Buffer
> List*"))
>
>
> When I tried to use it and debug the problem I saw the list looked like
> this...
>
> ("*scratch*"
> (\, "*Messages*")
> (\, "*Echo Area 0*")
> (\, "*Echo Area 1*")
> (\, "*Minibuf-0*")
> (\, "*Minibuf-1*")
> (\, "*Buffer List*"))
>
>
> Why the \'s showed up?
You're using commas to separate items in your list, but elements of
lists are separated by spaces. Trying removing all the commas.
Alexis.