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: ispell gives "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:49:13 -0800 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135666400 23274 80.91.229.2 (27 Dec 2005 06:53:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:53:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 27 07:53:20 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 1Er8hv-0003Om-Sy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:53:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Er8jA-0004ez-1m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:54:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.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 00:49:12 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Original-Lines: 49 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.59.200.239 X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser Original-X-Trace: sv3-DLjfUPjrFD7KLv4K54VLYNgQ9DJ5vC7mKdY1Ym08B8X+A8B4qv93rie5fEO2rUwQPIbFMrSu0b94eBv!eAj7JvIcmIdSkRsQYu1IyeE3AgbvXcEeygOXSZHyLiBQcciVak9Y0al/4IH8PNM3nj3HL8rkG86G!Bs/izjYOgg== 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:136627 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:32246 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. 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) 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! Help? Jeff. "Peter Dyballa" wrote in message news:mailman.11175.1129195674.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > Am 13.10.2005 um 08:42 schrieb Jeff D. Hamann: > >> Any help? >> > > Try to launch GNU Emacs with the option '--debug-init' -- it will open > a new buffer *Backtrace* that will particularly contain a number, which > will be the character position of the occurence of this bug. You then > open .emacs and type: M-x goto-char RET. And there you'll > be! > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Basic, n.: > A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in > that those who have it will not admit it in polite company. > > >