=== Steps === i. I downloaded http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-24.5-bin-i686-mingw32.zip. ii. I extracted zip file to temp folder; completely unmodified. iii. I opened an MSYS shell and cd'd into the temp/bin folder. iv. I ran ./emacs.exe -Q. v. I C-x C-f and call the new file temp.py vi. I type the following up UNTIL % - which represents the cursor position: import re as myre var = [ % vii. I then press TAB and get the minibuffer message: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil === END Steps === In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2015-04-11 on LEG570 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32' Important settings: value of $LANG: ENG locale-coding-system: cp1252 Major mode: Python Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Quit temp.py has auto save data; consider M-x recover-this-file Can't guess python-indent-offset, using defaults: 4 python-indent--calculate-indentation: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil [2 times] Quit Making completion list... [2 times] Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils help-mode help-fns python easymenu json comint ring cl-loaddefs cl-lib ansi-color time-date tooltip electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp w32-common-fns disp-table w32-win w32-vars tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process w32notify w32 multi-tty emacs) Memory information: ((conses 8 82235 6215) (symbols 32 18449 0) (miscs 32 37 107) (strings 16 13853 3976) (string-bytes 1 388853) (vectors 8 10917) (vector-slots 4 395071 4878) (floats 8 59 257) (intervals 28 216 41) (buffers 508 13)) Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil) python-indent-context() python-indent--calculate-indentation() python-indent-calculate-indentation(nil) python-indent-line(nil) python-indent-line-function() indent-for-tab-command(nil) call-interactively(indent-for-tab-command nil nil) command-execute(indent-for-tab-command)