From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jeff D. Hamann" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ispell gives "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:55:12 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135667191 24600 80.91.229.2 (27 Dec 2005 07:06:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 27 08:06:28 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Er8ua-0006X1-Bc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:06:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Er8vo-0001Iz-11 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:07:36 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.scnresearch.com!news.scnresearch.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:55:14 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.59.200.239 X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser Original-X-Trace: sv3-q7Dbfavke/zeAyzBx0FSkDYs1Gxe3AcziJb1sr7UqJbtPV6fdXSyOEgAvfSTiypAnPI5DIuQKBXkf1x!ZDH43NS3kIjQOdfUJ9n6S2unAxua1tqciAg7VYsKEtPqP26iXytWq91qHhvV0KrfAIgqYuPvHE0c!iv29Gvq7U/sfT75PX3WvNiU= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@scnresearch.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@scnresearch.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:136628 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:32247 Archived-At: I finally got the debugging information I needed....The *Backtrace* buffer yields the following when I attempt to run ispell... I'n running ntemacs 21.3 on windows xp. With ispell (3.2.02 from http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/aftp/pub/ptex/utils/ ) yields, Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) looking-at(nil) ispell-get-word(nil) ispell-word(nil nil nil) call-interactively(ispell-word) and version 3.1.20 yields Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) re-search-forward(nil 77 t) ispell-get-line(1 77 133) byte-code("b,HF Ç(B È \nÆÉ=§ when I attempt to spell check the scratch buffer.... Since I'm not about to start learning how to code in yet another langauge and I've got to get some work done, can someone lend a debugging hand? I forgot to mention emacs is the biz! Jeff.