From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Seth B Schapiro ;011;wsen1;" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:38:15 -0400 (EDT) Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200409161938.PAA06383@beatles.cs.rit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095363534 23985 80.91.229.6 (16 Sep 2004 19:38:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 16 21:38:42 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C825a-0005cn-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:38:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C82BG-0008EL-6i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:44:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C82BE-0008EF-I1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:44:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C82BB-0008E3-R7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:44:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C82BB-0008E0-Dr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:44:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [129.21.30.24] (helo=pony-express.cs.rit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C825A-0002AQ-IZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:38:16 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 20512 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 19:38:15 -0000 Original-Received: from beatles.cs.rit.edu (129.21.37.33) by pony-express.cs.rit.edu with SMTP; 16 Sep 2004 19:38:15 -0000 Original-Received: (from sbs1947@localhost) by beatles.cs.rit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA06383; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:38:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9028 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9028 When I try to open a file with no extension such as ".emacs" or a file with the ".txt" extension, I receive the error message "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil If I open an emacs buffer, and select "File -> Open File" this problem is no longer apparent. This issue began when a file had to be recovered that was being edited within vi. Please let me know via email to "sbs1947@rit.edu" what can be done to correct this problem - Seth