From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can I ask a Simple question? Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:13:19 +0200 Message-ID: <9C086AF1-4AFD-411D-A3D8-72F0FEC8193B@Web.DE> References: <20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net> <20061003133603.M1005@serenity.region4.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159892035 27749 80.91.229.2 (3 Oct 2006 16:13:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 03 18:13:49 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUmtp-0007GV-Gu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:13:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUmto-0007o6-U8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:13:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GUmtb-0007lj-Au for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:13:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GUmtZ-0007jQ-C3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:13:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUmtZ-0007jD-7Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:13:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.221] (helo=fmmailgate01.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GUmzm-00037r-J0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:19:50 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp07.web.de (fmsmtp07.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.215]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF24324A5B9A; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:13:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [87.193.64.234] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1GUmtV-00015W-00; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:13:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20061003133603.M1005@serenity.region4.net> X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: neil X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37780 Archived-At: Am 03.10.2006 um 13:00 schrieb neil: > im guessing that some small detail could have been wrong. The small detail is PK =96 this word is used somewhere in your .emacs =20= files. If you copy the contents of the *Backtrace* buffer into the *scratch* =20= buffer you can then find a long and not clipped line that might =20 contain a comment like: ; Reading at buffer position 12345 Now you can open the faulty ELisp file and execute: M-x goto-char RET 12345 RET and the cursor is at the position where the error happens. Well, =20 mostly. Sometimes, often, this position is at the end of a large if =20 or progn clause ... -- Greetings Pete If all else fails read the instructions. - Donald Knuth