On 2011-11-09, at 00:06 , Nick Dokos wrote: > Marius Hofert <marius.hof...@math.ethz.ch> wrote: > >> Thanks for the explanation. Is there also an equivalent solution by just >> adjusting .emacs? >> >> > > If you are going to use emacs extensively, you probably should read the > emacs reference manual and maybe the emacs lisp introduction as > well. > > M-x foo RET is entirely equivalent to evaluating > > (foo) > > which is a call to function foo. (foo) is the more general mechanism: it > works for any lisp function, M-x foo works iff foo is a command (aka an > "interactive" function). The form (foo) can be added to .emacs. > > load-library is a command that takes an argument: the name of the library > to load. See its doc string for details. M-x load-library RET diary RET > is entirely equivalent to evaluating > > (load-library "diary") > > This calls the function load-library with the string argument "diary". > This form can be added to .emacs. Alternatively, you can use the > require form that I posted: > > (require 'diary)
I obtain (also for (load-library "diary") ): File error: Cannot open load file, diary I assume I'm missing some diary.el (?). I'm wondering why diary is needed anyway? Julien does not specifically mention it: http://julien.danjou.info/org-contacts.html Cheers, Marius > > Note that load-library takes a string as argument, whereas require takes > a symbol. > > Nick > > >> On 2011-11-08, at 23:33 , Jambunathan K wrote: >> >>>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function diary-anniversary) >>> >>> There is a universal solution to this problem >>> >>> M-x load-library RET diary TAB >>> >>> and choose which of the options make most sense or try each one of them >>> in turn. >>> >>> Note that in the above load-library you are using "diary" because it is >>> the "prefix" of function (or variable) which reported as void. >>> >>> The load-library call unvoids the void things. >>> >>> >>> >>
