Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Loris Bennett]

Hi,

I sent this question to the Org list yesterday, so apologies for
crossposting, but it probably is more of an Emacs issue.

When trying to export my Org calendar in batch mode, I get the
following:

$ emacs /home/loris/org/gtd.org -batch -eval '(progn (package-initialize) (org-icalendar-export-to-ics))' --kill
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50bbdb.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-jabber.el (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-jabber/jabber-autoloads.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50ess.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yaml-mode.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/51debian-el.el (source)...
Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

This is with Org-mode version 8.3.4 on Emacs 24.4.1.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Loris

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Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Nick Dokos]

"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I sent this question to the Org list yesterday, so apologies for
> crossposting, but it probably is more of an Emacs issue.
>
> When trying to export my Org calendar in batch mode, I get the
> following:
>
> $ emacs /home/loris/org/gtd.org -batch -eval '(progn
> (package-initialize) (org-icalendar-export-to-ics))' --kill
> Loading 00debian-vars...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50bbdb.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
> Loading debian-ispell...
> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-jabber.el (source)...
> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-jabber/jabber-autoloads.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50ess.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yaml-mode.el (source)...
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/51debian-el.el (source)...
> Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
>
> This is with Org-mode version 8.3.4 on Emacs 24.4.1.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Can you reproduce it without -batch? If so, it will be easier
to debug.

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Nick

Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Pierre Lorenzon]

Hi



From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:21:28 -0500

> "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I sent this question to the Org list yesterday, so apologies for
>> crossposting, but it probably is more of an Emacs issue.
>>
>> When trying to export my Org calendar in batch mode, I get the
>> following:
>>
>> $ emacs /home/loris/org/gtd.org -batch -eval '(progn
>> (package-initialize) (org-icalendar-export-to-ics))' --kill
>> Loading 00debian-vars...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50bbdb.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
>> Loading debian-ispell...
>> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
>> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-jabber.el (source)...
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-jabber/jabber-autoloads.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50ess.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yaml-mode.el (source)...
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/51debian-el.el (source)...
>> Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
>>
>> This is with Org-mode version 8.3.4 on Emacs 24.4.1.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> 
> Can you reproduce it without -batch? If so, it will be easier
> to debug.


  yes moreover you might try the --no-site-file option if it
  works. I know that I encounter problem with all these initial
  files set by debian whose content is more or less not known.

  Sure if one of these files is absolutely needed to accomplish
  the task you want, you should try to launch only this one.


  Regards

  Pierre


> 
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> 
> 
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Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Loris Bennett]

Hi,

Pierre Lorenzon <devel@pollock-nageoire.net> writes:

> Hi
>
>
>
> From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:21:28 -0500
>
>> "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I sent this question to the Org list yesterday, so apologies for
>>> crossposting, but it probably is more of an Emacs issue.
>>>
>>> When trying to export my Org calendar in batch mode, I get the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> $ emacs /home/loris/org/gtd.org -batch -eval '(progn
>>> (package-initialize) (org-icalendar-export-to-ics))' --kill
>>> Loading 00debian-vars...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50bbdb.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
>>> Loading debian-ispell...
>>> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
>>> Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-jabber.el (source)...
>>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-jabber/jabber-autoloads.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50ess.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yaml-mode.el (source)...
>>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/51debian-el.el (source)...
>>> Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
>>>
>>> This is with Org-mode version 8.3.4 on Emacs 24.4.1.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>> 
>> Can you reproduce it without -batch? If so, it will be easier
>> to debug.
>
>
>   yes moreover you might try the --no-site-file option if it
>   works. I know that I encounter problem with all these initial
>   files set by debian whose content is more or less not known.
>
>   Sure if one of these files is absolutely needed to accomplish
>   the task you want, you should try to launch only this one.

Thanks for the advice.  With the following (a minimal .emacs, no -batch
and --no-site-file), the calendar data are exported successfully:

  emacs --no-site-file -l .emacs_minmal /home/loris/org/gtd.org -eval '(progn (package-initialize) (org-icalendar-export-to-ics))' --kill

where .emacs_minmal just contains

  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))

If I add the -batch flag, I get the error and no export takes place:

  emacs --no-site-file -l .emacs_minmal /home/loris/org/gtd.org -batch -eval '(progn (package-initialize) (org-icalendar-export-to-ics))' --kill
  Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

What else could I try to identify the problem?

Cheers,

Loris

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Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

Joe Corneli <jcorneli@math.utexas.edu> writes:

> What is the preferred way to deal with this error (which seems to
> come up at random when I have a lot of buffers open).

find the unnecessarily recursive and make it iterative.
if the recursion is necessary, checkpoint state out of core.

thi

Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Joe Corneli]

What is the preferred way to deal with this error (which seems to
come up at random when I have a lot of buffers open).

Error: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size