From: Christof Spitz <christof.spitz@gmail.com>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: libxml-parse-xml-region: Raise runtime error, don't return nil
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 08:44:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABd3gLrYN=DTV2PMuGBapY3nfZuLfSZ9-GWdUQB=9_jgPRWwSQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8761s2rzsc.fsf_-_@gmail.com>
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Emacs did return a runtime error, it was simply my mistake not to have
noticed it in the Message buffer.
2013/11/9 Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
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> Christof
>
> Christof Spitz <christof.spitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I found the bug: Windows-Emacs was missing the libxml2 library. I got
> > the libxml2-2.7.8.-w32-bin.zip, copied the content of /bin into Emacs'
> > /bin directory and now the formatting works.
>
> This should have been very difficult to track down.
>
> ox-freemind.el does invoke `libxml-parse-xml-region'. I think Emacs
> should raise a runtime error (and not return nil) if the above API is
> called but libxml is unavailable.
>
> ps: This bug is a good excuse to audit "other" such wrapper calls (if
> there are any) and make sure that they don't fall silently.
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2013-11-09 3:59 ` bug#15840: libxml-parse-xml-region: Raise runtime error, don't return nil Jambunathan K
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