From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: ispell-get-line: Wrong type argument: stringp, ni Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:21:08 -0800 Message-ID: <609D355B8F374FF4A7747F3A9942FA4B@us.oracle.com> References: <2009122518230016807-tsd@tsdyecom> <2009122606551416807-tsd@tsdyecom> <80ECA04CE05C4CFD86F8159D5A11DF4C@us.oracle.com> <8D7C6BD8-4273-4345-A5BD-FDB51528F405@tsdye.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261855350 7403 80.91.229.12 (26 Dec 2009 19:22:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:22:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "'Thomas S. Dye'" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 26 20:22:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NOcDX-00054A-2A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:22:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40435 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NOcDX-0004Cg-3W for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:22:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOcD8-0004CL-GO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOcD4-0004Am-Ux for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36047 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NOcD4-0004Aj-Oq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:54 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:57423) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NOcD4-0001xV-Be for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:54 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rcsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id nBQJLpMe014391 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:21:53 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id nBQJ5aRe024952; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:21:51 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt012.oracle.com by acsmt357.oracle.com with ESMTP id 1242570051261855254; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:20:54 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.185.59) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:20:54 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <8D7C6BD8-4273-4345-A5BD-FDB51528F405@tsdye.com> Thread-Index: AcqGXwsdxViQ9AZKTC2drDR8wDzYYwAAG8Lg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.4B36624F.01EB:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70882 Archived-At: >> My guess is that the text you quoted is irrelevant here. >> >> A wrong-type arg error is a product bug, even if it is often only a minor >> problem. Please try to reproduce it, starting with `emacs -Q', and then report >> it using `M-x report-emacs-bug'. >> >> Often, such a bug occurs because of a lack of proper initialization of something >> (typically a variable that is supposed to be a string is nil by default). >> >> The same code that raises the error often performs initialization, so after the >> error has been raised once, initialization has occurred and the error is never >> raised again. That can explain why it "went away without any apparent >> intervention from you." There is nevertheless a bug. > > I appreciate your perspective here and admire the combination > of skills, knowledge, and intellect that would guide someone to > reproduce the state of such a complex system. That combination > doesn't describe me, however, and I'm not able to reproduce the > error message starting with emacs-Q (though I was pleased to > find that I could do enough to raise two other errors that were > familiar to me through my configuration trials). I wish I was > able to do more. > > In response to your final paragraph, I did observe the error > repeatedly as I tried the various menu items that launch a spell > check: the various options under Edit/Spell and the AucTeX one > under Command/Spell. I don't know if this observation bears > directly on the problem, but it came to mind when I read your > last paragraph, and I am passing it along in the hope that it > might prove interesting to you. OK, no problem. I meant only that if you _are_ able to reproduce it, then you can help by reporting that. Even a report that doesn't start with `emacs -Q' can often help. What you've said so far might even be enough for someone to find the problem (if you report it). The reason that `emacs -Q' is generally more helpful is that it eliminates your init file as a possible source of the problem; that's all. HTH.