I'm running on mac os x. I have a file at /Users/Max/.emacs with this inside:
(add-to-list 'load-path “/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/”)
(load "tuareg-mode-startup”)
I have a folder at /Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/ with these files inside which I got from tuareg 2.0.6 and extracted to my 'tuareg-mode' folder:
>Makefile
ocamldebug.el
README
tuareg-pkg.el
tuareg.el
edit: Got the 2.0.7 files in my 'tuareg-mode' folder instead, here they are:
>Makefile
ocamldebug.el
README
tuareg-pkg.el
tuareg.el
tuareg-site-file.el
The error I'm getting when I open emacs is such:
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading `/Users/Max/.emacs':
Symbol's value as variable is void: “/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/”
To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.
Starting emacs with the --debug-init option gives me this:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable “/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/”) (add-to-list (quote load-path) “/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/”) eval-buffer(# nil "/Users/Max/.emacs" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 57
load-with-code-conversion("/Users/Max/.emacs" "/Users/Max/.emacs" t t) load("~/.emacs" t t) #[0 "\205\262 \306=\203\307\310Q\202; \311=\204\307\312Q\202;\313\307\314\315#\203*\316\202;\313\307\314\317#\203:\320\nB\321\202;\316\322\323\322\211#\210\322=\203a\324\325\326\307\327Q!\"\323\322\211#\210\322=\203\210\203\243\330!\331\232\203\243\332!\211\333P\334!\203}\211\202\210\334!\203\207\202\210\314\262\203\241\335\"\203\237\336\337#\210\340\341!\210\266\f?\205\260\314\323\342\322\211#)\262\207" [init-file-user system-type delayed-warnings-list user-init-file inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt "/.emacs" directory-files nil "^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "^_emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" (initialization "_emacs' init file is deprecated, please use `.emacs'") "~/_emacs" t load expand-file-name "init" file-name-as-directory "/.emacs.d" file-name-extension "elc" file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"] 7 "\n\n(fn)"]() command-line() normal-top-level()
I'm new Mac OS and completely new to OCaml. I don't see what I've done wrong. Why can't it load the path?
Thanks a lot.
You don't have the correct quotes.
Strings must be surrounded by plain ascii "" quotes.
Otherwise the lisp reader will happily treat them as part of a symbol name, which is why it's treating “/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/” as a variable.
This:
(add-to-list 'load-path "/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/")
(load "tuareg-mode-startup")
Not:
(add-to-list 'load-path “/Users/Max/emacs/tuareg-mode/”)
(load "tuareg-mode-startup”)