Re: Org Clock Error

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:

>>>> I have ~(setq org-clock-out-when-done t)~ in my Emacs configuration.
>>>> 
>>>> I get the following back trace when I mark a task as done:
>>>> 
>>>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable org-state)
>>>>
> ...
>> OK - here's some actual research for a change. I was wondering what
>>
>> (defvar org-state)
>>
>> actually does, so I looked at the source code for defvar. It contains
>> this comment:
>>
>> ,----
>> |   else if (!NILP (Vinternal_interpreter_environment)
>> | 	   && !XSYMBOL (sym)->declared_special)
>> |     /* A simple (defvar foo) with lexical scoping does "nothing" except
>> |        declare that var to be dynamically scoped *locally* (i.e. within
>> |        the current file or let-block).  */
>> |     Vinternal_interpreter_environment
>> |       = Fcons (sym, Vinternal_interpreter_environment);
>> |   else
>> `----
>>
>> so it seems to be only active *for that file*: you need "(defvar org-state)" in
>> each file that uses the variable.
>
> Thanks for sharing your insights!  This looks good to me.  I just
> committed your suggestion.
>

Thanks! I hope it's correct :-)

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Nick