Re: help with add-to-list syntax

[Joel Reicher]

BP25 <bp25@riseup.net> writes:

> Hello! Could any of you be so kind as to help me understand 
> this, please? I have
>
> (custom-set-variables
> '(warning-suppress-types '((undo\ discard-info))))
>
> in my .emacs. If I start emacs, do load-file .emacs, then 
> evaluate (add-to-list 'warning-suppress-types '(undo\ 
> discard-info)) I get an error saying the variable 
> warning-suppress-types is void.

Instead of doing add-to-list, can you do C-h v and confirm the 
variable setting that you expected didn't work?

That would give a simpler thing to investigate.

Cheers,

       - Joel