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 _______________________________________________ Info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
