From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: TRS-80 Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Strange startup behavior on emacs 26.3 and malfunctioning commands Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:39:38 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1662979F-7B9A-4F88-82A6-004DB8CC4BE4@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28703"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.15 To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 25 15:41:17 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lFHpN-0007O1-T6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:41:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60124 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lFHpM-0005aD-Ut for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:41:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36496) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lFHnv-0004XS-4s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:39:47 -0500 Original-Received: from server173-4.web-hosting.com ([68.65.122.210]:53572) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lFHns-0008Dx-Gl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:39:46 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=isnotmyreal.name; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: Message-ID:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From:Date:MIME-Version:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=qoNlMQuNzk6zHdu5k5dCS9q6KW79H5i3+pLpXXA7KeY=; b=WK6BbmZJ9CY53usimpa49IXJhy Zy2MVZ/U7E5dziHcJg6hC6Nh2TNzn6XNqp3L56u4bEJhDDcW6dWi3+5Br9ZjpUr7RbBJdKt2NyEpE Qds9IC5QdAouXf/BH9zOVrYsorKlfHkKk0LWTaHfkwO/HbdflKZbSqRmwz0+bHvvnGoA7AmGUChIJ dan37zKCtwpU9cL3R59S3d03Bns6HVlSVPq6HTH75WR1gHg6ccpBVL72Uqm2Mf2DR5CN8SDZLBVDI WyDcs3FaeI6jlyIBdF4vpQHr91fc8O5I9WAda/FA/pG4TVN+1VsGFJjTG7va14jRED2xpC4TSGcOi RlOd+enA==; Original-Received: from [::1] (port=42990 helo=server173.web-hosting.com) by server173.web-hosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1lFHnm-002d1q-4v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:39:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1662979F-7B9A-4F88-82A6-004DB8CC4BE4@gmail.com> X-Sender: lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server173.web-hosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - isnotmyreal.name X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: server173.web-hosting.com: authenticated_id: lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name X-Authenticated-Sender: server173.web-hosting.com: lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name X-From-Rewrite: unmodified, already matched Received-SPF: pass client-ip=68.65.122.210; envelope-from=lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name; helo=server173-4.web-hosting.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HAS_X_OUTGOING_SPAM_STAT=0.239, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128250 Archived-At: On 2021-02-25 09:14, Carlo Tambuatco wrote: > I have emacs-28 and emacs-26 installed alongside each other. I use > emacs-28 most of the time, and only > use emacs-26 occasionally. I download and compile all my emacs > packages using emacs-28, which starts > and initializes flawlessly and works exactly as I expect it to work. > But, emacs-26, which reads the same > init files and uses the same packages as emacs-28 encounters errors > like: > > Transient error: (wrong-number-of-arguments (1 . 1) 2) > Error during file deserialization: (wrong-number-of-arguments (1 . 1) > 2) [2 times] > File mode specification error: (wrong-number-of-arguments (1 . 1) 2) > [26 times] > etc… > > during startup. > > Whenever I run a basic command like ‘find-files’, which is maped to > ‘helm-find-files’ because I use > helm, I keep getting the error: > > transient--pp-to-file: Wrong number of arguments: (1 . 1), 2 > > Even when I try closing emacs using C-x C-c, I get the error: > > Wrong number of arguments: (1 . 1), 2 > > I don’t know what is going on, apologies if I have trouble explaining > what is going on here. Sounds like one or more functions changed their required arguments between 26 and 28. You would probably need to dig in a little more to get some more specifics. If you are not inclined towards that, it's probably easiest just to stop using 26 altogether (unless there is some compelling reason you must keep using it). Cheers, TRS-80