Wrong type argument: integerp, nil

Wrong type argument: integerp, nil

[kevin bailey]

i'm editing files over FTP using standard debian sarge emacs21 on the
console and i keep getting the system bell beeping and a message appearing
saying

Wrong type argument: integerp, nil

messages on google groups all relate to email reading which i am not using
emacs for.

any pointers?

thanks,

kev

Re: Wrong type argument: integerp, nil

[Pascal Bourguignon]

kevin bailey <kbailey@freewayprojects.com> writes:

> i'm editing files over FTP using standard debian sarge emacs21 on the
> console and i keep getting the system bell beeping and a message appearing
> saying
>
> Wrong type argument: integerp, nil
>
> messages on google groups all relate to email reading which i am not using
> emacs for.
>
> any pointers?

M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET

Then do whatever you do to get the error again, and show us the
*Backtrace* buffer contents.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/
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Cat vomit hairball somewhere.
Will find in morning.

Re: Wrong type argument: integerp, nil

[kevin bailey]

Pascal Bourguignon wrote:

> kevin bailey <kbailey@freewayprojects.com> writes:
> 
>> i'm editing files over FTP using standard debian sarge emacs21 on the
>> console and i keep getting the system bell beeping and a message
>> appearing saying
>>
>> Wrong type argument: integerp, nil
>>
>> messages on google groups all relate to email reading which i am not
>> using emacs for.
>>
>> any pointers?
> 
> M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET
> 
> Then do whatever you do to get the error again, and show us the
> *Backtrace* buffer contents.
> 

thanks,

the output just shoved on to the screen is:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument integerp nil)
  set-file-modes("/tmp/#edit.php#" nil)
  tramp-set-auto-save-file-modes()
  run-hooks(auto-save-hook)

so i take it that the ftp user i have logged in as is not allowed to write
to /tmp.  i wonder of this is trying to save it on the remote server.

what i need to do now is find out how to set the autosave function to save
to the local machine.

thanks for your help - it'll help me track down further problems,

kev

Re: Wrong type argument: integerp, nil

[Kevin Rodgers]

kevin bailey wrote:
 > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument integerp nil)
 >   set-file-modes("/tmp/#edit.php#" nil)
 >   tramp-set-auto-save-file-modes()
 >   run-hooks(auto-save-hook)
 >
 > so i take it that the ftp user i have logged in as is not allowed to 
write
 > to /tmp.  i wonder of this is trying to save it on the remote server.

I take it that tramp-set-auto-save-file-modes could not determine the
proper permissions for the "/tmp/#edit.php#" auto save file.

,----[ C-h f set-file-modes RET ]
| set-file-modes is a built-in function.
| (set-file-modes FILENAME MODE)
|
| Set mode bits of file named FILENAME to MODE (an integer).
| Only the 12 low bits of MODE are used.
`----

-- 
Kevin Rodgers