Re: desktop-read usage and syntax ::error, strange character

[John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>]

ken <gebser@mousecar.com> wrote:
> For some reason, when booting after a crash, the desktop isn't loaded;
> that is, the files which were loaded in the previous (crashed) session
> aren't loaded again. I suspected this was due to
> "~/.emacs/.emacs.desktop.lock", so I deleted it. Then I close emacs
> and start it again, but still the desktop isn't loaded.
>
> So then I try to load it by hand, ie, I run "M-x desktop-read"... this
> yields the error: "eval-buffer: Symbol's value as variable is void:
> Î". Yes, the last character is a capital "I" with a carot above it.
> If, from the "*scratch*" buffer I run (desktop-read
> "/home/user/.emacs.d/"), I get exactly the same error message.

I can't offer any specific help, but if your desktop file is corrupted
(which is what it sounds like), it's probably worth reporting that as a
bug. Perhaps that's can't be reasonably avoided after a crash, but
perhaps it can, and the Emacs developers would know best.

        John