Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] planner-diary-el

[Gijs Hillenius]

>>>>> emacs-wiki  writes:

     > ,-- On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:48:22 +0200, Gijs Hillenius wrote:
     > | 
     > | Hello
     > | 
     > | If my .emacs has | (setq planner-diary-use-diary t) |
     > (planner-diary-insinuate)
     > | 
     > | I get an error. (symbols value defenition is void,
     > planner-diary-insinuate)
     > | 
     > | If i do | (setq planner-diary-insinuate)
     > | 
     > | it (seems to) work(s).
     > | 
     > | Eh? That can't be right, right?

     > That's exactly what it should do.  In the first case, you're
     > setting a variable to t, and then calling a function.  The
     > function isn't defined, so you get an error.  In the second
     > example, you set a (different) variable to nil.  Since you can
     > always set variables (that defines them and sets them), the
     > second will always succeed.  Don't confuse variables
     > (`planner-diary-insinuate' in the second case) and functions
     > (`planner-diary-insinuate' in the first case): they are in a
     > different name space.

     > To get it to work, you need to load the function definition
     > first.

Thanks! this takes my understanding several steps further.

FYI.. I am (simply) following the hints included in
planner-diary.el.




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