[drew.adams@oracle.com: wrong-type-argument markerp for Info-goto-node]

[drew.adams@oracle.com: wrong-type-argument markerp for Info-goto-node]

[Richard Stallman]

This should get a nicer error message; can someone please do that?


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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Emacs-Pretest-Bug" <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:54:13 -0800
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Subject: wrong-type-argument markerp for Info-goto-node
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emacs -Q
C-h i
C-x k *info*
M-x Info-goto-node

 wrong-type-argument markerp error, for (marker-buffer nil)



In GNU Emacs 22.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2006-12-11 on LENNART-69DE564
X server distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Id:/g/include'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  encoded-kbd-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-x I n f o - g o t o - n 
o d e <return> <return> C-g C-h i C-x k <return> C-x 
C-b C-x 1 M-x I n f o - g o t o - n o d e <return> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <re
port-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
Loading regexp-opt...done
Loading dired...done
For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
Quit [2 times]
Loading info...
Loading easymenu...done
Loading info...done
Composing main Info directory...done
Info-build-node-completions: Wrong type argument: markerp, nil
Loading emacsbug...done



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Re: [drew.adams@oracle.com: wrong-type-argument markerp for Info-goto-node]

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> This should get a nicer error message; can someone please do that?

Done.

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Subject: wrong-type-argument markerp for Info-goto-node
> To: "Emacs-Pretest-Bug" <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>
>
> emacs -Q
> C-h i
> C-x k *info*
> M-x Info-goto-node
>
>  wrong-type-argument markerp error, for (marker-buffer nil)
>
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 22.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2006-12-11 on LENNART-69DE564
> X server distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Id:/g/include'
>
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: nil
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: ENU
>   locale-coding-system: cp1252
>   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Dired by name
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   encoded-kbd-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   tool-bar-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
>   utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-x I n f o - g o t o - n 
> o d e <return> <return> C-g C-h i C-x k <return> C-x 
> C-b C-x 1 M-x I n f o - g o t o - n o d e <return> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <re
> port-emacs-bug>
>
> Recent messages:
> Loading regexp-opt...done
> Loading dired...done
> For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
> Quit [2 times]
> Loading info...
> Loading easymenu...done
> Loading info...done
> Composing main Info directory...done
> Info-build-node-completions: Wrong type argument: markerp, nil
> Loading emacsbug...done
>
>
>
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