From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: "Vincent Belaïche" <vincentb1@users.sourceforge.net>,
26169@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26169: 25.1; ses.el string cell recalculate message
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:22:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ft8hqocs.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bmsx6era.fsf@blah.blah> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:02:01 +1100")
Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin@yahoo.com.au> writes:
> In debian packaged emacs 25.1.1, starting "emacs -Q /tmp/foo.ses"
>
> " Ret # create a cell with a string
> hello Ret # the string content
> C-p # move point to that cell
> c # ses-recalculate-cell
> =>
> Format specifier doesn't match argument type: A1
>
> I expected recalc on a string cell to leave it unchanged.
> The message looks like a caught error, but I don't know if it's
> something bad or merely unsightly. The same happens in emacs 24.
>
> Occasionally I've had c on a string cell clear it to nil. I'll see if I
> can make something reproducable for that, if it could be related.
I had a peek at ses.el (a package I don't use regularly), and something
like the following fixes the problem, but is probably totally the wrong
solution.
I've Cc'd the maintainer on this -- Vincent?
diff --git a/lisp/ses.el b/lisp/ses.el
index 96b219fc60..e396cc72ac 100644
--- a/lisp/ses.el
+++ b/lisp/ses.el
@@ -1231,7 +1231,9 @@ ses-print-cell
(ses--col col))
(ses-call-printer (or printer
(ses-col-printer col)
- ses--default-printer)
+ (if (stringp value)
+ "%7s"
+ ses--default-printer))
value)))
(if (consp ses-call-printer-return)
;; Printer returned an error.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-20 16:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-19 5:02 bug#26169: 25.1; ses.el string cell recalculate message Kevin Ryde
2020-08-20 16:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-08-24 14:20 ` Vincent Belaïche
2020-08-24 14:50 ` Vincent Belaïche
2020-08-25 20:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-26 11:54 ` Vincent Belaïche
2020-08-27 13:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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