From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "wrong-type-argument listp" in cygwin Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:49:04 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143193769 29992 80.91.229.2 (24 Mar 2006 09:49:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:49:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 24 10:49:28 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FMiv5-0003dK-Gq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:49:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FMiv5-0007bH-Az for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:49:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FMium-0007au-1c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:49:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FMiuk-0007aM-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:49:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FMiuk-0007aI-9j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:49:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FMivW-0006ES-OM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:49:51 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id IGF15789; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:48:57 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-30-202.inter.net.il [80.230.30.202]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CYT60082 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:48:56 +0200 (IST) Original-To: "William Xue" In-reply-to: (william.xue@gmail.com) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:52028 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:42:35 +0800 > From: "William Xue" > > I got the emacs 22 sourcecode from the cvs and built in cygwin with make > this morning. > After installed, when I opened the cpp file or .emacs, I got the error: > File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument listp quote) > > Completed log is here: > ---8<--------------------------------------------->8--- > (emacs) > Loading encoded-kb...done > Loading completion...done > Loading edmacro...done > Loading cl-macs...done > Loading regexp-opt...done > Loading term/rxvt...done > For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p. > Loading places from ~/.emacs-places... > Loading places from /home/williamx/.emacs-places...done > Error in pre-command-hook: (invalid-function ((quote > use-completion-minibuffer-separator))) > Loading cc-mode...done > File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument listp quote) > Unable to load color "PaleYellow" > ---8<--------------------------------------------->8--- > > > BTW: Even I used 'emacs -nw' to start emacs in cygwin, I got the message: > $ emacs -nw > Display :0 unavailable, simulating -nw Thank you for your report. I'm not sure if we have a developer who regularly builds the Cygwin port. So could you please debug these problems on your machine and tell why Emacs fails? Also, please tell the date when the sources were checked-out from CVS. Thanks in advance.