Re: help with add-to-list syntax

[Joel Reicher]

BP25 <bp25@riseup.net> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 30 2024, Joel Reicher wrote:
> > > 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?
> Do you mean this? -> If I start emacs, do load-file .emacs, then 
> do C-h v warning-suppress-types then I see the value being 
> ((undo\ discard-info))

Why are you doing a load-file .emacs? That should happen 
automatically, unless there is something very strange about your 
setup, and if there is something very strange about your setup, 
maybe that's the reason other things are failing?

Regards,

       - Joel