From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Strange emacs-X interaction. Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:10:43 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86hdsfokj0.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> References: <200407081740.i68HeB5I014292@home-on-the-dome.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089479472 29057 80.91.224.253 (10 Jul 2004 17:11:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:11:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 10 19:11:03 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BjLNP-0008Jl-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:11:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BjLPd-0003f2-3e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:13:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BjLPW-0003em-KX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BjLPV-0003ea-U7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BjLPV-0003eX-Qk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:13:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BjLND-00027R-5h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BjLNB-0004Qr-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:10:49 +0200 Original-Received: from pd9e1e5f4.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.225.229.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:10:49 +0200 Original-Received: from kai by pd9e1e5f4.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:10:49 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 11 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9e1e5f4.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TkSv904GCEnrR1OfdxzLHjh319w= 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19556 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19556 "Omri Schwarz" writes: > [omri@somehost main]$ emacs > Wrong type argument: stringp, nil > [omri@somehost main]$ Very strange problem. Try "emacs -q -no-site-file" and also "emacs -q". If the first starts up then there must be an error in the init files, and if the second also starts, then it must in in ~/.emacs. Kai