From: "Jean-Philippe Théberge" <yes0d@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: C-x C-f /path/to/file returns "wrong type argument: stringp, nil"
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:52:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m38yow8zmy.fsf@cesart.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bjndfg$oes$1@news.nrw.net
"Roland Reichenberg" <r.reichenberg@gmx.de> writes:
> Hi NG,
>
> when trying to open an _existing_ file using C-x C-f, my emacs returns:
>
> "wrong type argument: stringp, nil"
>
> The second attempt of "C-x C-f /path/to/file" always works fine and opens
> the file.
>
> What's going wrong?
>
> I am using emacs 21.2.1 on i686 platform (linux).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Roland
>
>
>
Can you do M-x toggle-debug-on-error, then try to open a file like
above, (to provoque the error) then send the content of the
*backtrace* buffer here?
Thanks.
--
Jean-Philippe Théberge
"DARK SHADOWS" is on!! Hey, I think the VAMPIRE forgot his UMBRELLA!!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-10 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-10 14:32 C-x C-f /path/to/file returns "wrong type argument: stringp, nil" Roland Reichenberg
2003-09-10 14:52 ` Jean-Philippe Théberge [this message]
2003-09-11 8:08 ` Roland Reichenberg
2003-09-11 13:34 ` C-x C-f /path/to/file returns "wrong type argument: stringp,nil" Glenn Morris
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