Re: Error installing the elisp code

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> On Thu, 1 May 2025 at 14:29, badli al rashid
> <theothernighttheotherday@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> hi Yuri,
>>
>> all I did was run C-x C-e, it did not work.
>
> Again: C-x C-e takes the smallest expression before the point. If you
> put point before the final closing parenthesis, you’re limiting
> evaluation to only part of what you’re thinking of.
>

Here is a simple example that should illustrate Yuri’s
point.  Copy the following expression to Emacs’s *scratch*
buffer, place the cursor ON the right-most closing
parenthesis, and then type C-x C-e:

(let ((n 0))
  (+ 1 n))
;;       ^-- cursor placed on this parenthesis

Emacs will enter the debugger with the same TYPE of error as
you saw.  Exit the debugger and place the cursor AFTER the
right-most closing parenthesis, and then type C-x C-e:

(let ((n 0))
  (+ 1 n))
;;        ^-- cursor placed after this parenthesis

Emacs will respond with the result 1.

Remember that you can always switch to the *scratch* buffer
and evaluate Emacs Lisp expressions.  Start with small
expressions so that you can test your understanding, and
build on those to create larger expressions.

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