From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: sarah Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: error message:wrong type argument: listp, unbound Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:01:28 -0700 Organization: ubc Message-ID: References: Reply-To: navysky74@hotmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1123787094 3885 80.91.229.2 (11 Aug 2005 19:04:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:04:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 11 21:04:54 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3IKY-0001PV-VR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:03:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3INj-0003UD-TG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:06:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!nntp.itservices.ubc.ca!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Trace: nntp.itservices.ubc.ca 1123786903 6299 137.82.113.71 (11 Aug 2005 19:01:43 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@interchange.ubc.ca User-Agent: KNode/0.7.6 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:133140 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:28663 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:28663 Kevin Rodgers wrote: > sarah wrote: >> I got the error message as the title when I used C-x C-f to open a *.C >> file, emacs(21.3.2). I have to reopen it then it's fine, which means I >> have to open it twice. It doesn't complain when trying to open *.txt >> file. >> >> Any suggestions? > > M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET > C-x C-f foo.C RET > > Then post the *Backtrace* buffer contents here. > Thanks for replying my email, kevin. It turns out to be the problem of using ECB code browser for C++. I disabled it, then the error message is gone. I guess I didn't configure ECB to be right and something weird I couldn't figure out is happending there.