pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

[Joe Koenig]

Hi, I have some difficulties turning on

(pc-selection-mode t)

when trying to set this after emacs is started, it works without any
problem. But I get an error message when trying to put it in ~/.emacs.
This is 21.2.1 on Linux. Is it possible that this is caused by me
compiling/installing emacs in a custom directory
/home/joe/apps/bin/emacs
? It obviously finds the folder, as it refers to
/home/apps/bin/emacs/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/emulation/pc-select.elc
The error message changes, when renaming the file (file not found ...).

BTW: I cannot copy'n paste the error message cause the window with the
message dissapears when trying ro click into it. Therefore, just an
extract:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Error in init file: Wrong number of arguments: (Lambda nil "Change mark
behaviour to emulate Motif, Mac or ms-windows cut and paste style " 
...
---------------------------------------------------------------------

So I called "emacs --debug-init". These are the last lines of the debug
message:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
highlight-nonselected-windows nil) (setq transient-mark-mode t) (setq
mark-even-if-inactive t) (delete-selection-mode 1)) 1)
pc-selection-mode(t) eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
load-with-code-conversion("/home/joe/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
load("~/.emacs" t t) #[nil "\b…—É=ƒ'Ï=ƒ1ÓÞÒ‰#))‡" 
[init-file-user system-type user-init-file-1 user-init-file
source alt ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt directory-files nil
"^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "~/_emacs" vax-vms
"sys$login:.emacs" "/.emacs" t load file-name-extension "elc"
file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p
message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"
inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-message] 5]() command-line()
normal-top-level()
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks

  Joe

Re: pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

[Andreas Schwab]

Joe Koenig <joe.r.user@gmx.de> writes:

|> Hi, I have some difficulties turning on
|> 
|> (pc-selection-mode t)

pc-selection-mode does not take any parameters in Emacs 21.2.  If this is
not producing an error then you are not using the version of pc-select.el
that comes with the Emacs 21.2 distribution.  What does `M-x
locate-library RET pc-select RET' display?  You should also try `M-x
list-load-path-shadows RET'.

|> BTW: I cannot copy'n paste the error message cause the window with the
|> message dissapears when trying ro click into it. Therefore, just an
|> extract:

You should be able to find the full error message in the *Messages*
buffer.

Andreas.

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Re: pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

[Joe Koenig]

In article <jehemoa04n.fsf@sykes.suse.de>, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Joe Koenig <joe.r.user@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>|> Hi, I have some difficulties turning on
>|> 
>|> (pc-selection-mode t)
> 
> pc-selection-mode does not take any parameters in Emacs 21.2.  

OK. Works now. Thanks.

  Joe

Re: pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

[Richard Stallman]

    Hi, I have some difficulties turning on

    (pc-selection-mode t)

    when trying to set this after emacs is started, it works without any
    problem. But I get an error message when trying to put it in ~/.emacs.
    This is 21.2.1 on Linux.

(That would be on GNU/Linux, I'd expect.  A kernel such as Linux
is not enough by itself to run a program like Emacs.  See
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html.)

Some changes have been made in pc-selection-mode recently.
They are not in 21.2 since we didn't think they were fixes to
serious bugs, but perhaps they do fix this one.  I will email
you the latest version so you can try it.

It does not fail for me in the current development Emacs,
but perhaps it depends on something else in your .emacs file.

    So I called "emacs --debug-init". These are the last lines of the debug
    message:

If it still fails, could you send the first few lines instead?

Re: pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

[Joe Koenig]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     Hi, I have some difficulties turning on
> 
>     (pc-selection-mode t)
> 
>     when trying to set this after emacs is started, it works without any
>     problem. But I get an error message when trying to put it in ~/.emacs.
>     This is 21.2.1 on Linux.
> 
> (That would be on GNU/Linux, I'd expect.  A kernel such as Linux
> is not enough by itself to run a program like Emacs.  See
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html.)

So, what would you suggest? Oh, I see. But ... then ... you wouldn't be
able to run Emacs at all. :o) *run* :-)
But, yes: let credit go where credit is due: GNU/Linux
* bow * we owe *  We really do.

> Some changes have been made in pc-selection-mode recently.
> They are not in 21.2 since we didn't think they were fixes to
> serious bugs, but perhaps they do fix this one.  I will email
> you the latest version so you can try it.
> 
> It does not fail for me in the current development Emacs,
> but perhaps it depends on something else in your .emacs file.
> 
>     So I called "emacs --debug-init". These are the last lines of the debug
>     message:
> 
> If it still fails, could you send the first few lines instead?

Great. That new version did it. The error also went away when removing
the parameter, like suggested by Andreas Schwab. But the new version
accepts both.

Thanks

   Joe

pc-selection-mode - error when set in .emacs

[Joe Koenig]

Hi, I have some difficulties turning on

(pc-selection-mode t)

when trying to set this after emacs is started, it works without any
problem. But I get an error message when trying to put it in ~/.emacs.
This is 21.2.1 on Linux. Is it possible that this is caused by me
compiling/installing emacs in a custom directory
/home/joe/apps/bin/emacs
? It obviously finds the folder, as it refers to
/home/apps/bin/emacs/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/emulation/pc-select.elc
The error message changes, when renaming the file (file not found ...).

BTW: I cannot copy'n paste the error message cause the window with the
message dissapears when trying ro click into it. Therefore, just an
extract:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Error in init file: Wrong number of arguments: (Lambda nil "Change mark
behaviour to emulate Motif, Mac or ms-windows cut and paste style " 
...
---------------------------------------------------------------------

So I called "emacs --debug-init". These are the last lines of the debug
message:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
highlight-nonselected-windows nil) (setq transient-mark-mode t) (setq
mark-even-if-inactive t) (delete-selection-mode 1)) 1)
pc-selection-mode(t) eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
load-with-code-conversion("/home/joe/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
load("~/.emacs" t t) #[nil "\b…—É=ƒ'Ï=ƒ1ÓÞÒ‰#))‡" i
[init-file-user system-type user-init-file-1 user-init-file
source alt ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt directory-files nil
"^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "~/_emacs" vax-vms
"sys$login:.emacs" "/.emacs" t load file-name-extension "elc"
file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p
message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"
inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-message] 5]() command-line()
normal-top-level()
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks

  Joe