From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hugh Lawson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: w3m gives 'Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" error Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 17:05:19 GMT Organization: RoadRunner - Triad Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87isrkpg4s.fsf@desktop.xx.yy> References: <343aeada.0306031339.15e390bb@posting.google.com> <343aeada.0306040835.ad5b36f@posting.google.com> <3EDE270D.7080302@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054835159 5682 80.91.224.249 (5 Jun 2003 17:45:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:45:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 05 19:45:53 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19NyoC-0001T8-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 19:45:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19NyZW-0007Fd-LZ for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:30:42 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZEXEJTzFeqWFZFoxnk3QOPdTKf0= Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.26.198.64 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.southeast.rr.com 1054832719 66.26.198.64 (Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:05:19 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:05:19 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114180 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10676 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10676 Chris McMahan writes: > Hmmm.... > > I'm using emacs-21.3.1 on Windows XP (no image support version). > > In response to your message, I downloaded the latest version of > w3m (0.4.1) and compiled it with the cygwin libraries on my system. > > On starting emacs w3m, everything still seems to be working, so > it's not the version of w3m you're using. [ snip ] This is a very wild suggestion. C-h v browse-url-new-window-flag if this variable is set to 'nil', set it to 't', and try again. In emacs 21, I get that error with mozilla if the variable is set to nil. -- Hugh Lawson hlawson@triad.rr.com