From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:52:16 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <414A2730.4060308@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3031.1095363873.1998.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Seth B Schapiro ;011;wsen1; wrote:
> 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
Does this happen when you invoke emacs from the command line with the
-q --no-sit-file options?
> 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.
<menu-bar> <files> <open-file> runs the command find-file
How did you open the file as described in the first paragraph, such
that it caused the error?
> Please let me know via email to "sbs1947@rit.edu" what can be done to
> correct this problem
C-h i
d
m emacs RET
g Reporting Bugs RET
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M-x report-emacs-bug RET
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Kevin Rodgers
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2004-09-16 19:38 Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Seth B Schapiro ;011;wsen1;
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