From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Mastro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: desktop-read usage and syntax ::error, strange character Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:59:10 -0700 Message-ID: References: <6b820ba4-770c-1d87-7b4c-a582f1830dbb@mousecar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1500408001 30842 195.159.176.226 (18 Jul 2017 20:00:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:00:01 +0000 (UTC) To: GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 18 21:59:56 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dXYew-0007b4-5i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:59:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58332 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXYf1-00052E-PC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:59:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXYec-0004zG-G3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXYeb-0002ZR-QZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:59:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qk0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::235]:35033) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXYeb-0002YN-Ml for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:59:33 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qk0-x235.google.com with SMTP id p73so25923709qka.2 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:59:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qXWkWng22uJoUbaJl7du/MfUT3qT9MR13uEV7qrxAlY=; b=MqCzcQ+KChXwsQJk8tessFHxQXDmRfVl0UksrlxNxv/FkakiDsR+0XdQqsIWYNH0ZU zFqobWqDKAdkF8EltczMryfV3eVm8xd37SlJIH8PbYNk7NVI5huT+H47u4nE8aViZh2S g5M1y9uj5w7Dg/z82lhLvKqLNk5pPkSVsp7fyuH9DOK2jVQQAFfphbjtl3lKW8rCtP9E vWGUVvdvgsSjRVExXWpOdFTomfid4HRYUMk/A2F1eVGUGS3ztoqBegQlbCZMHD8JhTAA mAbRoTItka6Q6rL51dv9p+q2lM3gj05FLa1bLBwMEuxj2ALkooETpYUGItFB8ldrZz/Q FfJw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qXWkWng22uJoUbaJl7du/MfUT3qT9MR13uEV7qrxAlY=; b=PORAaADbYmdgvPiWSfwUXevK0ptZHKG+wgKPTwSIzX2v7IGhQWmR5k+z8lFvnowRTK 55xKyLKrs5pcisvJco0/qbrYQ57XErZucn9GTMoI7aiRrWbq3Df3IYpF4wPRoSCijlS3 Ob2JWvagNr3kQvzuK5uwFLQCOi1Alr4MP1129MIOG0BXHOM99erMb52GheKIc8/HrEGN Io7TZ7IDzR11nNZjTWWowJNmkMOuLysdG+1qCZ0E4/JHZiIBrjbhTcOZo3gVg5nA9abn 4fFHNu0cZ3MpO4x1Rd58nxTcW810uzM+uLBC2npKu0WtmCqDoPuW3uk+1II6s3pCbZ5A +hKw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw110zE69G91+W/yDzCAwBi0czzO6IbM6F6mLDympD1lPsKCIxV8Oz GPv5r8Rwm0TOmqDvnBX8Ib3jEdshMk5t X-Received: by 10.55.21.28 with SMTP id f28mr3929542qkh.209.1500407971309; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:59:31 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.237.48.241 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:59:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6b820ba4-770c-1d87-7b4c-a582f1830dbb@mousecar.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c09::235 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113782 Archived-At: ken 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: > =C3=8E". 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