Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG

Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG

[Merciadri Luca]

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Hi,

I just turned my computer on today, and realized that my emacs no
longer worked.

When I start it, just as habitually, I encounter the *Messages*
buffer, with some unuseful stuff, and then

==
An error has occured while loading `/home/merciadriluca/.emacs':

Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG
==

The result of debug-init is

==
Debugger entered--Listp error: (void-variable \211PNG)
         eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*<2>> nil
         "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t) ; Reading
         at buffer position 5
         load-with-code-conversion("/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el"
         "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t)
         load("~/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t t)
         eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "/home/merciadriluca/.emacs"
         nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 358
         load-with-code-conversion("/hoe/merciadriluca/.emacs"
         "/home/merciadriluca/.emacs" t t)
         load("~/.emacs" t t)
         #[nil "^H\205\276^@ \306=[crap ...]" [init-file-user
         systemt-ype user-init-file-1 user-inot-file otherfile source
         ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt directory-files nil
         "^\\.emacs\\(\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" [...]
         command-line()
         normal-top-level()
==

Any idea?

Thanks.
- -- 
Merciadri Luca
See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss
 of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill)
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Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG

[David Kastrup]

Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I just turned my computer on today, and realized that my emacs no
> longer worked.
>
> When I start it, just as habitually, I encounter the *Messages*
> buffer, with some unuseful stuff, and then
>
> ==
> An error has occured while loading `/home/merciadriluca/.emacs':
>
> Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG
> ==
>
> The result of debug-init is
>
> ==
> Debugger entered--Listp error: (void-variable \211PNG)
>          eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*<2>> nil
>          "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t) ; Reading
>          at buffer position 5
>          load-with-code-conversion("/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el"
>          "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t)
>          load("~/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t t)

[...]

I consider it most likely that your file
"/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" has been overwritten with a
graphics file, due to user error or file system corruption.

-- 
David Kastrup

Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG

[Merciadri Luca]

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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just turned my computer on today, and realized that my emacs no
>> longer worked.
>>
>> When I start it, just as habitually, I encounter the *Messages*
>> buffer, with some unuseful stuff, and then
>>
>> ==
>> An error has occured while loading `/home/merciadriluca/.emacs':
>>
>> Symbol's value as variable is void: \211PNG
>> ==
>>
>> The result of debug-init is
>>
>> ==
>> Debugger entered--Listp error: (void-variable \211PNG)
>>          eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*<2>> nil
>>          "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t) ; Reading
>>          at buffer position 5
>>          load-with-code-conversion("/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el"
>>          "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t)
>>          load("~/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" nil t t)
>
> [...]
>
> I consider it most likely that your file
> "/home/merciadriluca/auctex-11.86/auctex.el" has been overwritten with a
> graphics file, due to user error or file system corruption.
This is the case. Its content was like a binary content. Really
weird. I replaced it, and everything now works. Thanks, David!

- -- 
Merciadri Luca
See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/
- -- 

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss
 of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill)
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