>>> "AS" == Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> Uwe writes:
>>> (defun my-insert-add-counter ()
>>> (interactive)
>>> (setq my-subject-counter (+ my-subject-counter 1))
>>> (insert (int-to-string my-subject-counter))) 
>> 
>> Thanks very much, recursion, sigh, I should have thought about it.

> Where is the recursion? It's a global variable, right?

Well the defined quantity my-subject-counter contains in its definition my-subject-counter

(setq my-subject-counter 1)

Is not recursive, but 
(setq my-subject-counter (+ my-subject-counter 1))

Looks a bit recursive to me.