Chao LU <looc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to define a variable, to let org-mode know different path to use > when I'm under different system (Windows or Mac), but got trouble to get it > work. Here is the Code: > > ---- > (defconst lch-win32-p (eq system-type 'windows-nt) "Are we on Windows?") > (defconst lch-mac-p (eq system-type 'darwin) "Are we on Mac") > (if lch-mac-p (defvar org-source-dir "~/Dropbox/org/org" "org source > dir")) ;For under windows, it should be My Dropbox... > (setq org-publish-project-alist > '( > ("org-notes" > :base-directory org-source-dir))) > ---- > > Apparently, this doesn't work, since the variable org-source-dir will not be > evaluated inside the quote, but I really didn't find out how to make it > evaled... Does anyone has any hints? >
You need backquote (similar to quote, but allows selective evaluation of internal structure) and the , (selective evaluation) mechanism: (setq org-publish-project-alist `(("org-notes" :base-directory ,org-source-dir) )) See section 13.5 of the Emacs Lisp Reference manual for more details. HTH, Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode