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William M Perry writes:

> David Worenklein writes:
>>>>>>> "Bill" == William M Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:
>> David Worenklein writes:
>> >> When I start emacs, I get the following error: Loading todo...
>> >> Error in init file: Symbol's value as variable is void: BUGS:
                          ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^

Bill> "M-x locate-library todo" in xemacs -q yields
Bill> .../xemacs-20.0/lisp/w3/todo.  Ack.
>> 
>> 1. For some reason, I thought libraries should end in .el or .elc

> The library search is 'foo.elc' 'foo.el' 'foo'.  You should be able to
> fix this by making absolutely sure that your todo.el is in your load-path,
> then the w3 todo file won't ever be found.

>> 2. Why didn't this trigger the debugger?

It did trigger the debugger.  If the file isn't bytecompiled lisp it's
passed straight to readevalloop(), and that will bomb on the first
thing that isn't lisp.

The todo file (soon to be formerly) in lisp/w3 starts off:
BUGS:
----
- <br> in <dd> hosed - margins in general tend to be too big sometimes.
- too much space after an ordered list item - can't fix without

The first line is evaluated as a symbol, and `BUGS:' isn't a defined
symbol.
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