On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:55:28 -0400 Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote:
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:55:24 +0200 > > Niels Giesen <niels.gie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > date is a dynamically bound variable at the time of evaluation. > > > > > > > I have a question I have been meaning to ask for a long time. How > > does one test sexps with variables like these? I have tried the > > scratch buffer but it gives errors like "(void-variable date)". I > > found the only way I could test is to put it on one of the agenda > > files. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Bind date explicitly in the scratch buffer and then evaluate: > > (setq date '(4 11 2011)) > > ... > > I think the format is (month day year) but be sure to check. > Works like a charm. Thanks a lot Nick. :) > Nick -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
