(local-variables/warning) File local-variables error: Symbol's value as variable is void: compile-command

[nike]

Hi
I get the following error message when I start my xemacs in a
directory containing a desktop file (see below).
(local-variables/warning) File local-variables error: Symbol's value
as variable is void: compile-command

I have tried starting xemacs with -init_debug but I did not get any
further info.
Thanks for any hint.
GA

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[Marcus Harnisch]

nike <gkam...@gmail.com> writes:

> I get the following error message when I start my xemacs in a
> directory containing a desktop file (see below).
> (local-variables/warning) File local-variables error: Symbol's value
> as variable is void: compile-command

The reason is quite obvious: something requires compile.el to be
loaded. Putting (require 'compile) into your .xemacs/init.el before
loading desktop files will likely solve this one.

The question now expands to "What needs to have compile-command
defined and WTF doesn't it (require 'compile) itself?". I don't know
the answer to this one.

Regards
Marcus
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[nike]

On Aug 6, 7:53 am, Marcus Harnisch <marcus.harni...@gmx.net> wrote:

> The reason is quite obvious: something requires compile.el to be
> loaded. Putting (require 'compile) into your .xemacs/init.el before
> loading desktop files will likely solve this one.
>
> The question now expands to "What needs to have compile-command
> defined and WTF doesn't it (require 'compile) itself?". I don't know
> the answer to this one.

Thanks for the hint. Putting (require 'compile) before loading the
desktop solved the issue.

GA