From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: "Daniel E. Doherty" <ded-law@ddoherty.net>,
Org-mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Adding Easy Templates
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 15:35:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DBD49447-D720-434C-A47E-2D45FCC10C00@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <688B6FE9-3E38-4159-8528-AE68B4E9FB14@gmail.com>
On May 23, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> you need to quote the entire form, i.e. the progn;
>
> (eval-after-load 'org
> '(progn
> (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src"))
> (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> '("j" "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote"))))
>
> This is because the entire form is stored for execution after loading org - but in your case it was
> evaluated immediately...
....
so what happens is that the result of the second add-to-list command (that result is the extended list) is stored and then evaluated after org.el is loaded. So at that point in time, Emacs tries to evaluate
(("j" ......
Which is of cause not valid because the first element in that list `("j" ...' is not a function.
- Carsten
>
> - Carsten
>
> On May 23, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Daniel E. Doherty wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I really like the Easy Template facility, and would like to add some of
>> my own. However, I am having trouble with the elisp syntax. I would
>> like to add a couple in my init file, but am having no luck. Here is
>> what I have now:
>> =========================
>> (eval-after-load 'org
>> (progn
>> (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
>> (list '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src")))
>> (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
>> (list '("j" "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote")))))
>> =========================
>> Which yeilds:
>> =========================
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-function (("j" "#+begin_quote
>> ||Dr|Cr|
>> |-
>> |?|$||
>> |||$|
>> #+end_quote")))
>> =========================
>>
>>
>> I have also tried this:
>> =========================
>> (eval-after-load 'org
>> (progn
>> (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
>> '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src"))
>> (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
>> '("j" "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote"))))
>> =========================
>> Which spits out a similar error. I am quoting the list, so I don't
>> understand why elisp is interpteting it as a function. In the first
>> case, I even quote it twice.
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dan Doherty
>>
>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
- Carsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-23 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-23 13:10 Adding Easy Templates Daniel E. Doherty
2012-05-23 13:28 ` Carsten Dominik
2012-05-23 13:35 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2012-05-23 16:27 ` Daniel E. Doherty
2012-05-23 13:29 ` Nick Dokos
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