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From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr>
To: 16935@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16935: 24.3.50; when tab-completing in 'M-x' : "Wrong type argument: numberp, nil"
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:12:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871tyiyrvp.fsf@yahoo.fr> (raw)

Hi,

Reproduce:
emacs -Q -f toggle-debug-on-error --eval '(execute-kbd-macro (kbd "M-x f o o C-a <tab>"))'

backtrace:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument numberp nil)
  zerop(nil)
  minibuffer-completion-help(5 8)
[the rest is of no particular interest]

Possible fix (i.e. Work© Fo® Me™):

--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ variables.")
            (if completions "Sole completion" "No completions")))
 
       (let* ((last (last completions))
-             (base-size (cdr last))
+             (base-size (or (cdr last) 0))
              (prefix (unless (zerop base-size) (substring string 0 base-size)))
              (all-md (completion--metadata (buffer-substring-no-properties
                                             start (point))


-- 
Nico.





             reply	other threads:[~2014-03-04 14:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-04 14:12 Nicolas Richard [this message]
2014-03-04 14:27 ` bug#16935: 24.3.50; when tab-completing in 'M-x' : "Wrong type argument: numberp, nil" Leo Liu
2014-03-04 14:39   ` Bastien
2014-03-04 15:03     ` Nicolas Richard
2014-03-04 15:13       ` Bastien
2014-03-04 17:03     ` Glenn Morris
2014-03-04 17:21       ` Bastien
2014-03-05  0:15       ` Leo Liu
2014-03-05  7:08         ` Bastien

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