Re: 0.97 on xemacs: Symbol's value as variable is void: user-full-name

[Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>]

>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>:

>>>>> Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch>:
>> Karl Kleinpaste <karl@justresearch.com> writes:
>>> > It is a function, not a variable.

>>> It is both, in newer XEmacsen.

>> Yes. But you should never read the variable.

> Should user-full-name be surrounded by parantheses for it to be a
> function call, I wonder...? (correct guess: lisp isn't my strongest
> side)

Yes it should.  Here's the patch:

RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/lisp/gnus-msg.el,v
retrieving revision 5.33
diff -c -c -r5.33 gnus-msg.el
*** gnus-msg.el	1999/09/27 18:34:47	5.33
--- gnus-msg.el	1999/10/04 07:34:34
***************
*** 1195,1201 ****
        (when (or name address)
  	(add-hook 'message-setup-hook
  		  `(lambda ()
! 		     (let ((user-full-name ,(or (cdr name) user-full-name))
  			   (user-mail-address
  			    ,(or (cdr address) user-mail-address)))
  		       (save-excursion
--- 1195,1201 ----
        (when (or name address)
  	(add-hook 'message-setup-hook
  		  `(lambda ()
! 		     (let ((user-full-name ,(or (cdr name) (user-full-name)))
  			   (user-mail-address
  			    ,(or (cdr address) user-mail-address)))
  		       (save-excursion