From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>
To: Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Invalid read syntax: ")"
Date: Sun, 06 May 2018 20:36:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r2moskbn.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19BA809B-9E7D-409D-95B3-BE016E3A24DD@gmail.com>
On Sun, May 06 2018, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> I have an Invalid read syntax: ")" when I start emacs.
>
> When I do emacs -q and eval-buffer on .emacs.el I get the error
> again but check-parens does not give me anything there, which is
> the only file that I use for customizations.
>
> ...
>
> Any idea how to diagnose that ?
When I get this sort of thing, I find it helpful, to use
`backward-sexp` (bound to `C-M-b') at the end of some random
defuns or other top-level declarations. At some point I'll run
into a declaration where `C-M-b' doesn't take me to the expected
position. Looking at indentation also helps, sometimes.
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-06 18:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-06 4:09 Invalid read syntax: ")" Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-05-06 4:15 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-05-06 4:46 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-05-06 8:26 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-05-06 15:32 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-05-06 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2018-05-07 0:14 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-05-07 0:33 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-05-07 3:54 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-05-07 4:05 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-05-07 17:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-08 0:43 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-05-07 0:33 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-05-07 1:13 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-05-06 4:28 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-05-06 18:36 ` Joost Kremers [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-01-27 13:07 Invalid read syntax "#"? Alan Schmitt
2012-01-27 15:24 ` Nick Dokos
2012-01-27 15:37 ` Nick Dokos
2012-01-28 15:55 ` Bastien
2012-01-30 13:15 ` Alan Schmitt
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