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27.1; M-x notmuch fails with 'Invalid read syntax: "#"'

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Message #28 received at 50173-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Charles-André Roy <caroy47 <at> videotron.ca>
Cc: 50173-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50173: 27.1; M-x notmuch fails with 'Invalid read syntax: "#"
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:16:11 +0300

> From: Charles-André Roy <caroy47 <at> videotron.ca>
> Cc: 50173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:11:04 -0400
> 
> The problem is solved.
> 
> I went to look at the file .notmuch-config in which the beginning lines
> are :
> 
> ==============================
> 
> # .notmuch-config - Configuration file for the notmuch mail system
> #
> # For more information about notmuch, see http://notmuchmail.org
> 
> # Database configuration
> #
> # The only value supported here is 'path' which should be the top-level
> # directory where your mail currently exists and to where mail will be
> # delivered in the future. Files should be individual email messages.
> # Notmuch will store its database within a sub-directory of the path
> # configured here named ".notmuch".
> #
> 
> [database]
> path=/home/charles/Maildir/
> 
> ...
> 
> ==============================
> 
> I deleted the first 3 characters and retyped them.
> 
> It solved the problem :  "M-x notmuch" now loads notmuch.

Thanks, I'm therefore closing this bug.

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