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Subject: Re: nnml-active-file customization
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[romeomedina@libero.it, 19 Sep 2005 05:41:28 -0700]:
> Instead, if I do:
> 
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       `(nnml ""
> 	     (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)
> 	     (nnml-active-file (concat my-nnml-directory "bla-bla/active"))
> ))
> 
> , when starting gnus I get an error message:
> 
> Wrong type argument: stringp, (concat my-nnml-directory
> "bla-bla/active")
> 
> . I also tried with:
> 
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       `(nnml ""
> 	     (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)
> 	     `(nnml-active-file (concat ,my-nnml-directory "bla-bla/active"))
> ))
> 

Provided backticks work as in Common Lisp (I didn't even know that
Elisp has them), you probably want

  `(nnml ... (nnml-active-file (concat ,my-nnml-directory ...)))

i.e., only one level of backticks.

HTH,

Albert.