Re: wrong-type-argument listp \.\.\.

["Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld@rub.de>]

Hi Drew

That was fast help. Thanks.

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument listp \.\.\.)
>>   newsticker--stat-num-items(Telepolis\ \(german\) new immortal)
>
> To make sense of a debugger backtrace, first load the Lisp source files that are
> concerned (e.g. newsticker.el), not the byte-compiled files (e.g.
> newsticker.elc).
>
> The error message is saying that function newsticker--stat-num-items expected a
> list argument (i.e. nil or a cons), but it instead was passed a symbol whose
> name is "...".

To be exact, the same message also occurs with some other operations,
for example org-mobile-push. So I don't think it's an error connected to
newsticker.el. Something more general must be wrong. And I can't find
it. Is there really a symbol called "..."? Can it be an encoding
problem?

Below is a debug output of org-mobile-push.

Thanks,

Sven

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument listp \.\.\.)
  car(\.\.\.)
  mapcar(car (("~/aktuell/myconf/from-mobile.org" "cd2fdb6d-1ca6-45e7-b0d6-02044edcbbb9") ("~/aktuell/myconf/from-mobile.org" "fdcc85e2-51c8-4d3d-827c-396687ca5a13") ("~/aktuell/myconf/from-mobile.org" "a6a22b75-e0fe-44fb-b5d0-a61500218760") ("~/aktuell/myconf/from-mobile.org" "2dce7212-3994-4ccc-a964-6569914fc17f") ("~/aktuell/myconf/from-mobile.org" "177580d9-f0f0-472b-90d0-278bf503e07d") ("~/aktuell/myconf/mygtd.org" "c4ceb0b6-b854-41ab-91b6-e3b1d40d8289") ("~/aktuell/myconf/mygtd.org" "8850e02f-9e33-456b-8654-e55cf1604036") ("~/aktuell/myconf/mygtd.org" "593cf7d5-5db7-4b39-bc7f-190c4acb4f51") ("~/aktuell/myconf/mygtd.org" "f20acbfb-c03c-4b08-bd22-d1b614dc7688") ("~/aktuell/myconf/mygtd.org" "c76519fa-c2ba-434c-b3e2-e3838b72e6e3") \.\.\.))
  (setq org-id-files (mapcar (quote car) org-id-locations))
  (progn (with-temp-buffer (condition-case nil ... ...)) (setq org-id-files (mapcar ... org-id-locations)) (setq org-id-locations (org-id-alist-to-hash org-id-locations)))
  (if org-id-track-globally (progn (with-temp-buffer ...) (setq org-id-files ...) (setq org-id-locations ...)))
  (when org-id-track-globally (with-temp-buffer (condition-case nil ... ...)) (setq org-id-files (mapcar ... org-id-locations)) (setq org-id-locations (org-id-alist-to-hash org-id-locations)))
  org-id-locations-load()
  (if org-id-locations nil (org-id-locations-load))
  (unless org-id-locations (org-id-locations-load))
  (progn (unless org-id-locations (org-id-locations-load)) (puthash id (abbreviate-file-name file) org-id-locations) (add-to-list (quote org-id-files) (abbreviate-file-name file)))
  (if (and org-id-track-globally id file) (progn (unless org-id-locations ...) (puthash id ... org-id-locations) (add-to-list ... ...)))
  (when (and org-id-track-globally id file) (unless org-id-locations (org-id-locations-load)) (puthash id (abbreviate-file-name file) org-id-locations) (add-to-list (quote org-id-files) (abbreviate-file-name file)))
  org-id-add-location("86c9cbbf-a8de-469a-a755-9850997e342d" "/home/sven/aktuell/myconf/mygtd.org")
  (cond ((and id ... ...) id) (create (setq id ...) (org-entry-put pom "ID" id) (org-id-add-location id ...) id) (t nil))
  (let ((id ...)) (cond (... id) (create ... ... ... id) (t nil)))
  (save-excursion (goto-char (or pom ...)) (let (...) (cond ... ... ...)))
  (save-excursion (if (markerp pom) (set-buffer ...)) (save-excursion (goto-char ...) (let ... ...)))
  (org-with-point-at pom (let (...) (cond ... ... ...)))
  org-id-get(#<marker at 104 in mygtd.org> create)
  (if (org-bound-and-true-p org-mobile-force-id-on-agenda-items) (org-id-get m (quote create)) (org-entry-get m "ID"))
  (setq id (if (org-bound-and-true-p org-mobile-force-id-on-agenda-items) (org-id-get m ...) (org-entry-get m "ID")))
  (if (setq id (if ... ... ...)) (progn (insert "   :PROPERTIES:\n   :ORIGINAL_ID: " id "\n   :END:\n")))
  (when (setq id (if ... ... ...)) (insert "   :PROPERTIES:\n   :ORIGINAL_ID: " id "\n   :END:\n"))
  (if sexp nil (insert (org-agenda-get-some-entry-text m 10 "   " ...) "\n") (when (setq id ...) (insert "   :PROPERTIES:\n   :ORIGINAL_ID: " id "\n   :END:\n")))
  (unless sexp (insert (org-agenda-get-some-entry-text m 10 "   " ...) "\n") (when (setq id ...) (insert "   :PROPERTIES:\n   :ORIGINAL_ID: " id "\n   :END:\n")))
  (cond ((looking-at "[ 	]*$")) ((looking-at "=+$") (delete-region ... ...)) ((get-text-property ... ...) (setq in-date nil) (setq app ...) (setq short ...) (when ... ... ...) (when app ... ... ...) (insert "* ")) ((get-text-property ... ...) (setq in-date t) (insert "** ")) ((setq m ...) (setq sexp ...) (if ... ... ...) (insert ...) (end-of-line 1) (insert "\n") (unless sexp ... ...)))
  (while (not (eobp)) (cond (...) (... ...) (... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (... ... ...) (... ... ... ... ... ... ...)) (beginning-of-line 2))
  (save-current-buffer (set-buffer temp-buffer) (org-mode) (insert "#+READONLY\n") (insert all) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (not ...) (cond ... ... ... ... ...) (beginning-of-line 2)) (push (cons ... ...) org-mobile-checksum-files))
  (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (org-mode) (insert "#+READONLY\n") (insert all) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (not ...) (cond ... ... ... ... ...) (beginning-of-line 2)) (push (cons ... ...) org-mobile-checksum-files))
  (prog1 (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (org-mode) (insert "#+READONLY\n") (insert all) (goto-char ...) (while ... ... ...) (push ... org-mobile-checksum-files)) (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (write-region nil nil temp-file nil 0)))
  (unwind-protect (prog1 (with-current-buffer temp-buffer ... ... ... ... ... ...) (with-current-buffer temp-buffer ...)) (and (buffer-name temp-buffer) (kill-buffer temp-buffer)))
  (let ((temp-file file) (temp-buffer ...)) (unwind-protect (prog1 ... ...) (and ... ...)))
  (with-temp-file file (org-mode) (insert "#+READONLY\n") (insert all) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (not ...) (cond ... ... ... ... ...) (beginning-of-line 2)) (push (cons ... ...) org-mobile-checksum-files))
  (let ((all ...) in-date id pl prefix line app short m sexp) (with-temp-file file (org-mode) (insert "#+READONLY\n") (insert all) (goto-char ...) (while ... ... ...) (push ... org-mobile-checksum-files)) (message "Agenda written to Org file %s" file))
  org-mobile-write-agenda-for-mobile("/home/sven/webdav/org/agendas.org")
  (cond ((org-bound-and-true-p org-mobile-creating-agendas) (org-mobile-write-agenda-for-mobile file)) ((string-match "\\.html?\\'" file) (set-buffer ...) (when ... ... ... ...) (write-file file) (kill-buffer ...) (message "HTML written to %s" file)) ((string-match "\\.ps\\'" file) (require ...) (flet ... ...) (message "Postscript written to %s" file)) ((string-match "\\.pdf\\'" file) (require ...) (flet ... ...) (call-process "ps2pdf" nil nil nil ... ...) (message "PDF written to %s" file)) ((string-match "\\.ics\\'" file) (require ...) (let ... ...)) (t (let ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)))
  (progn (insert bs) (org-agenda-remove-marked-text (quote org-filtered)) (while (setq beg ...) (delete-region beg ...)) (run-hooks (quote org-agenda-before-write-hook)) (cond (... ...) (... ... ... ... ... ...) (... ... ... ...) (... ... ... ... ...) (... ... ...) (t ...)))
  (unwind-protect (progn (insert bs) (org-agenda-remove-marked-text ...) (while ... ...) (run-hooks ...) (cond ... ... ... ... ... ...)) (and (buffer-name temp-buffer) (kill-buffer temp-buffer)))
  (save-current-buffer (set-buffer temp-buffer) (unwind-protect (progn ... ... ... ... ...) (and ... ...)))
  (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (unwind-protect (progn ... ... ... ... ...) (and ... ...)))
  (let ((temp-buffer ...)) (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (unwind-protect ... ...)))
  (with-temp-buffer (insert bs) (org-agenda-remove-marked-text (quote org-filtered)) (while (setq beg ...) (delete-region beg ...)) (run-hooks (quote org-agenda-before-write-hook)) (cond (... ...) (... ... ... ... ... ...) (... ... ... ...) (... ... ... ... ...) (... ... ...) (t ...)))
  (let ((bs ...) beg) (org-agenda-unmark-filtered-text) (with-temp-buffer (insert bs) (org-agenda-remove-marked-text ...) (while ... ...) (run-hooks ...) (cond ... ... ... ... ... ...)))
  (save-window-excursion (org-agenda-mark-filtered-text) (let (... beg) (org-agenda-unmark-filtered-text) (with-temp-buffer ... ... ... ... ...)))
  (save-excursion (save-window-excursion (org-agenda-mark-filtered-text) (let ... ... ...)))
  (let nil (save-excursion (save-window-excursion ... ...)) #<buffer *SUMO*>)
  eval((let nil (save-excursion (save-window-excursion ... ...)) #<buffer *SUMO*>))
  org-let(nil (save-excursion (save-window-excursion (org-agenda-mark-filtered-text) (let ... ... ...))) #<buffer *SUMO*>)
  org-write-agenda("/home/sven/webdav/org/agendas.org" nil t)
  (let ((org-agenda-compact-blocks nil)) (org-write-agenda "/home/sven/webdav/org/agendas.org" nil t))
  eval((let ((org-agenda-compact-blocks nil)) (org-write-agenda "/home/sven/webdav/org/agendas.org" nil t)))
  (while files (eval (list ... ... ...)))
  (progn (eval (list ... ... ...)) (set-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name) (while files (eval ...)) (and (get-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name) (kill-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name)))
  (if files (progn (eval ...) (set-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name) (while files ...) (and ... ...)))
  (when files (eval (list ... ... ...)) (set-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name) (while files (eval ...)) (and (get-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name) (kill-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name)))
  (while cmds (setq cmd (pop cmds) thiscmdkey (car cmd) cmd-or-set (nth 2 cmd) opts (nth ... cmd) files (nth ... cmd)) (if (stringp files) (setq files ...)) (when files (eval ...) (set-buffer org-agenda-buffer-name) (while files ...) (and ... ...)))
  (save-window-excursion (while cmds (setq cmd ... thiscmdkey ... cmd-or-set ... opts ... files ...) (if ... ...) (when files ... ... ... ...)))
  (let ((cmds ...) (pop-up-frames nil) (dir default-directory) pars cmd thiscmdkey files opts cmd-or-set) (while parameters (push ... pars)) (setq pars (reverse pars)) (save-window-excursion (while cmds ... ... ...)))
  (lambda (&rest parameters) "Run all custom agenda commands that have a file argument." (let (... ... ... pars cmd thiscmdkey files opts cmd-or-set) (while parameters ...) (setq pars ...) (save-window-excursion ...)))()
  (org-batch-store-agenda-views)
  eval((org-batch-store-agenda-views))
  org-store-agenda-views()
  (progn (org-store-agenda-views))
  (if sumo (progn (org-store-agenda-views)))
  (when sumo (org-store-agenda-views))
  (let* ((file ...) (file1 ...) (sumo ...) (org-agenda-custom-commands ...) (org-mobile-creating-agendas t)) (unless (file-writable-p file1) (error "Cannot write to file %s" file1)) (when sumo (org-store-agenda-views)) (when org-mobile-use-encryption (org-mobile-encrypt-file file1 file) (delete-file file1)))
  org-mobile-create-sumo-agenda()
  (let ((inhibit-redisplay t)) (org-mobile-create-sumo-agenda))
  (save-window-excursion (org-mobile-check-setup) (org-mobile-prepare-file-lists) (run-hooks (quote org-mobile-pre-push-hook)) (message "Creating agendas...") (let (...) (org-mobile-create-sumo-agenda)) (message "Creating agendas...done") (org-save-all-org-buffers) (message "Copying files...") (org-mobile-copy-agenda-files) (message "Writing index file...") (org-mobile-create-index-file) (message "Writing checksums...") (org-mobile-write-checksums) (run-hooks (quote org-mobile-post-push-hook)))
  (save-excursion (save-window-excursion (org-mobile-check-setup) (org-mobile-prepare-file-lists) (run-hooks ...) (message "Creating agendas...") (let ... ...) (message "Creating agendas...done") (org-save-all-org-buffers) (message "Copying files...") (org-mobile-copy-agenda-files) (message "Writing index file...") (org-mobile-create-index-file) (message "Writing checksums...") (org-mobile-write-checksums) (run-hooks ...)))
  (let ((org-agenda-buffer-name "*SUMO*") (org-agenda-filter org-agenda-filter) (org-agenda-redo-command org-agenda-redo-command)) (save-excursion (save-window-excursion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)))
  (let ((a-buffer ...)) (let (... ... ...) (save-excursion ...)) (redraw-display) (when (and a-buffer ...) (if ... ... ...)))
  org-mobile-push()
  call-interactively(org-mobile-push nil nil)


>
> Be sure you have the same source code on the various platforms, for the files in
> question. If newsticker uses some other file (e.g. a data file), then make sure
> that file is also the same across platforms. 
>
> HTH.  Probably someone else can help more - someone familiar with the newsticker
> code, for instance.
>



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Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Sven Bretfeld

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