bookmarks

bookmarks

[imputerate]

in rmail:

C-x r b         bookmark-jump

works fine; 

but,

C-x r m         bookmark-set

yields:

"Buffer not visiting a file or directory"

bookmarks

[Sean Sieger]

A bookmark on a simple top-level heading (say `* 20090914') isn't able to
sustain nearby editing in Outline Mode---the bookmark gets moved.

GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4) of
2009-09-10 on g41r2f1

Thanks.

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:
> A bookmark on a simple top-level heading (say `* 20090914') isn't able to
> sustain nearby editing in Outline Mode---the bookmark gets moved.
>
> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4) of
> 2009-09-10 on g41r2f1
>
> Thanks.

If you can provide a step-by-step reproduction recipe, that would
probably save me some time, but if not, I'll work with the above.
Thanks for the report.

-Karl

Re: bookmarks

[Sean Sieger]

    If you can provide a step-by-step reproduction recipe, that would
    probably save me some time, but if not, I'll work with the above.
    Thanks for the report.

emacs -Q <outline-mode-file>

* 20090915
  [some editing here]
* 20090914
^
  [bookmark here]

C-x C-s & C-x C-f or whatever ...

When I C-x rb to <outline-mode-file>, the bookmark has been displaced to
a nearby location.

Thank you.

Re: bookmarks

[Bastien]

Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:

>     If you can provide a step-by-step reproduction recipe, that would
>     probably save me some time, but if not, I'll work with the above.
>     Thanks for the report.
>
> emacs -Q <outline-mode-file>
>
> * 20090915
>   [some editing here]
> * 20090914
> ^
>   [bookmark here]
>
> C-x C-s & C-x C-f or whatever ...
>
> When I C-x rb to <outline-mode-file>, the bookmark has been displaced to
> a nearby location.

Weird, I cannot reproduce this. 

-- 
 Bastien

Re: bookmarks

[Sean Sieger]

    Weird, I cannot reproduce this. 

I can do it on

GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4) of
2009-09-10 on g41r2f1

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:
>    If you can provide a step-by-step reproduction recipe, that would
>    probably save me some time, but if not, I'll work with the above.
>    Thanks for the report.
>
>emacs -Q <outline-mode-file>
>
>* 20090915
>  [some editing here]
>* 20090914
>^
>  [bookmark here]
>
>C-x C-s & C-x C-f or whatever ...
>
>When I C-x rb to <outline-mode-file>, the bookmark has been displaced to
>a nearby location.
>
>Thank you.

I still cannot reproduce this.  Sorry, but I'll need a complete recipe:
starting from emacs -q and giving every keystroke (i.e., where you wrote
"[bookmark here]" I assumed you meant 'C-x r m', but am not positive),
and giving the input file that it happens with.

-Karl

Re: bookmarks

[Sean Sieger]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

    I still cannot reproduce this.  Sorry, but I'll need a complete recipe:
    starting from emacs -q and giving every keystroke (i.e., where you wrote
    "[bookmark here]" I assumed you meant 'C-x r m', but am not positive),
    and giving the input file that it happens with.

Yep, sorry, I really dropped the ball on that, I had once again stopped
using Bookmarks.  I will see if I can find what the heck it was that I
was doing.

Re: bookmarks

[Sean Sieger]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

    Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:
    >    If you can provide a step-by-step reproduction recipe, that would
    >    probably save me some time, but if not, I'll work with the above.
    >    Thanks for the report.
    >
    >emacs -Q <outline-mode-file>
    >
    >* 20090915
    >  [some editing here]
    >* 20090914
    >^
    >  [bookmark here]
    >
    >C-x C-s & C-x C-f or whatever ...
    >
    >When I C-x rb to <outline-mode-file>, the bookmark has been displaced to
    >a nearby location.
    >
    >Thank you.

    I still cannot reproduce this.  Sorry, but I'll need a complete recipe:
    starting from emacs -q and giving every keystroke (i.e., where you wrote
    "[bookmark here]" I assumed you meant 'C-x r m', but am not positive),
    and giving the input file that it happens with.

    -Karl

I tried doing what I remember as having done, and I can't repeat it.  I
think I was pulling my hair out having done something stupid over and
over again.  Not that this is what I was doing, but like accidentally
typing C-x f instead of C-x C-f (bad example, but you know what I mean).
Sorry for wasting your time.

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:
>I tried doing what I remember as having done, and I can't repeat it.  I
>think I was pulling my hair out having done something stupid over and
>over again.  Not that this is what I was doing, but like accidentally
>typing C-x f instead of C-x C-f (bad example, but you know what I mean).
>Sorry for wasting your time.

Hey, no worries.  I've wasted many users' time with real bookmark bugs,
so a little payback is nothing to complain about!

-K

bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

Did something change in the bookmark code?

When I load up 24.4.50, my bookmarks are all screwy.

Go back to 24.3.1, they look perfect.

Dave

Re: bookmarks

[Stefan Monnier]

> When I load up 24.4.50, my bookmarks are all screwy.
> Go back to 24.3.1, they look perfect.

Why don't you try 2.3.391 instead and if the problem appears there as
well M-x report-emacs-bug.


        Stefan

Re: bookmarks

[Stefan Monnier]

>> When I load up 24.4.50, my bookmarks are all screwy.
>> Go back to 24.3.1, they look perfect.
> Why don't you try 2.3.391 instead and if the problem appears there as
                    ^^^^^^^
                    24.3.91

Looks like I left the scrambler on, sorry,


        Stefan

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>Did something change in the bookmark code?
>When I load up 24.4.50, my bookmarks are all screwy.
>Go back to 24.3.1, they look perfect.

Hmm, nothing should have changed to cause that.  Can you post some more
details?  Also, please save a copy of your ~/.emacs.bmk file (if it
doesn't have anything private in it) and post that if you could.

I assume you're talking about the bookmarks buffer created from
`list-bookmarks'.  In 24.4.50.2 built today, my bookmarks look fine, so
I'll need your help to reproduce this.

Best,
-Karl

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2817 bytes --]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>>Did something change in the bookmark code?
>>When I load up 24.4.50, my bookmarks are all screwy.
>>Go back to 24.3.1, they look perfect.
>
> Hmm, nothing should have changed to cause that.  Can you post some more
> details?  Also, please save a copy of your ~/.emacs.bmk file (if it
> doesn't have anything private in it) and post that if you could.
>
> I assume you're talking about the bookmarks buffer created from
> `list-bookmarks'.  In 24.4.50.2 built today, my bookmarks look fine, so
> I'll need your help to reproduce this.
>
> Best,
> -Karl


Ok, I've attached my bookmark file at the end of this message, if I did it
correctly.

What is happening is that the left side, the titles of the bookmarks, looks
the same in either version of emacs, whether 24.3.1, or 24.4.50.1.

But the right hand side, the pointers to the actual file locations, is wrong.


In 24.3.1, buffer looks like

% Bookmark
- --------
  (bash) Bash Conditional Expr   /usr/share/info/bash
  (org) Clocking work time       /usr/local/share/info/org
  (org) Javascript support       /usr/local/share/info/org
  Emacs                          ~/org/reference.org
  custom.el                      ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
  emacs-init.org                 ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
  init.el                        ~/.emacs.d/init.el
  org git source                 ~/.vendors/org
  org home dir                   ~/org/
  org-capture-last-stored-mark   ~/org/todo.org
  org-crypt.el                   ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el
  org-mobile.el                  ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-mobile.el
  org-mode.org                   ~/.vendors/samples/org-mode.org


When I look at it in 24.4.50, it looks like

% Bookmark
- --------
  (bash) Bash Conditional Expr   /usr/share/info/bash
  (org) Clocking work time       /usr/share/info/bash
  (org) Javascript support       /usr/share/info/bash
  Emacs                          /usr/local/share/info/org
  custom.el                      /usr/local/share/info/org
  emacs-init.org                 ~/org/reference.org
  init.el                        ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
  org git source                 ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
  org home dir                   ~/.emacs.d/init.el
  org-capture-last-stored-mark   ~/.vendors/org 
  org-crypt.el                   ~/org/
  org-mobile.el                  ~/org/todo.org
  org-mode.org                   ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el



It's like it gets confused somewhere, and loops around a few entries...


This happens to me on emacs 24.3 and 24.4.50 running under Cygwin, and running
under Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.  At first I just thought it was a Cygwin bug, but
then was able to replicate it on Ubuntu.

Thanks,

Dave in New Port Richey, FL




[-- Attachment #2: My bookmark file --]
[-- Type: application/octet-stream, Size: 2547 bytes --]

;;;; Emacs Bookmark Format Version 1 ;;;;
;;; This format is meant to be slightly human-readable;
;;; nevertheless, you probably don't want to edit it.
;;; -*- End Of Bookmark File Format Version Stamp -*-
(("org-mode.org"
 (filename . "~/.vendors/samples/org-mode.org")
 (front-context-string . "\nOrg-mode is a f")
 (rear-context-string . "_TAGS: noexport\n")
 (position . 659))
("Emacs"
 (filename . "~/org/reference.org")
 (front-context-string . "* Emacs\n** add a")
 (rear-context-string . "view:info toc:1\n")
 (position . 620))
("org-capture-last-stored-marker"
 (filename . "~/org/todo.org")
 (front-context-string . "*** TODO Rake th")
 (rear-context-string . "en Maintenance\n\n")
 (position . 838))
("(org) Clocking work time"
 (front-context-string . "\n8.4 Clocking wo")
 (rear-context-string . "Dates and times\n")
 (position . 248045)
 (filename . "/usr/local/share/info/org")
 (info-node . "Clocking work time")
 (handler . Info-bookmark-jump))
("(bash) Bash Conditional Expressions"
 (front-context-string . "f FILE exists an")
 (rear-context-string . "ILE'\n     True i")
 (position . 211358)
 (filename . "/usr/share/info/bash")
 (info-node . "Bash Conditional Expressions")
 (handler . Info-bookmark-jump))
("org git source"
 (filename . "~/.vendors/org/")
 (front-context-string . "contrib\n  -rw-rw")
 (rear-context-string . "96 Apr  5 09:54 ")
 (position . 275)
 (annotation . ""))
("(org) JavaScript support"
 (front-context-string . "\n     toc:     S")
 (rear-context-string . "child headlines.")
 (position . 448057)
 (filename . "/usr/local/share/info/org")
 (info-node . "JavaScript support")
 (handler . Info-bookmark-jump))
("org-crypt.el"
 (filename . "~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el")
 (front-context-string . ";; but WITHOUT A")
 (rear-context-string . "will be useful,\n")
 (position . 784))
("init.el"
 (filename . "~/.emacs.d/init.el")
 (front-context-string . "\n(setq load-path")
 (rear-context-string)
 (position . 1))
("custom.el"
 (filename . "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
 (front-context-string . ";;;\n;;; put ENTR")
 (rear-context-string)
 (position . 1))
("org home dir"
 (filename . "~/org/")
 (front-context-string . "2012-07-16.org\n ")
 (rear-context-string . "30 Jul 16  2012 ")
 (position . 208))
("emacs-init.org"
 (filename . "~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org")
 (front-context-string . "* !  - startup\n\n")
 (rear-context-string)
 (position . 1))
("org-mobile.el"
 (filename . "~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-mobile.el")
 (front-context-string . ";;; org-mobile.e")
 (rear-context-string)
 (position . 1))
)

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>Ok, I've attached my bookmark file at the end of this message, if I did it
>correctly.

Thanks; I'll try to reproduce.

Do you happen to know which version of Emacs that attached bookmark file
was last saved from?  (I'm hoping this is purely a bug in the
bookmark-bmenu code and has nothing to do with mis-written file formats,
but it wouldn't hurt to know which version last wrote that file, just in
case.)

Best,
­Karl

>What is happening is that the left side, the titles of the bookmarks, looks
>the same in either version of emacs, whether 24.3.1, or 24.4.50.1.
>
>But the right hand side, the pointers to the actual file locations, is wrong.
>
>
>In 24.3.1, buffer looks like
>
>% Bookmark
>- --------
>  (bash) Bash Conditional Expr   /usr/share/info/bash
>  (org) Clocking work time       /usr/local/share/info/org
>  (org) Javascript support       /usr/local/share/info/org
>  Emacs                          ~/org/reference.org
>  custom.el                      ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
>  emacs-init.org                 ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
>  init.el                        ~/.emacs.d/init.el
>  org git source                 ~/.vendors/org
>  org home dir                   ~/org/
>  org-capture-last-stored-mark   ~/org/todo.org
>  org-crypt.el                   ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el
>  org-mobile.el                  ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-mobile.el
>  org-mode.org                   ~/.vendors/samples/org-mode.org
>
>
>When I look at it in 24.4.50, it looks like
>
>% Bookmark
>- --------
>  (bash) Bash Conditional Expr   /usr/share/info/bash
>  (org) Clocking work time       /usr/share/info/bash
>  (org) Javascript support       /usr/share/info/bash
>  Emacs                          /usr/local/share/info/org
>  custom.el                      /usr/local/share/info/org
>  emacs-init.org                 ~/org/reference.org
>  init.el                        ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
>  org git source                 ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
>  org home dir                   ~/.emacs.d/init.el
>  org-capture-last-stored-mark   ~/.vendors/org 
>  org-crypt.el                   ~/org/
>  org-mobile.el                  ~/org/todo.org
>  org-mode.org                   ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el
>
>
>
>It's like it gets confused somewhere, and loops around a few entries...
>
>
>This happens to me on emacs 24.3 and 24.4.50 running under Cygwin, and running
>under Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.  At first I just thought it was a Cygwin bug, but
>then was able to replicate it on Ubuntu.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave in New Port Richey, FL

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>>Ok, I've attached my bookmark file at the end of this message, if I did it
>>correctly.
>
> Thanks; I'll try to reproduce.
>
> Do you happen to know which version of Emacs that attached bookmark file
> was last saved from?  (I'm hoping this is purely a bug in the
> bookmark-bmenu code and has nothing to do with mis-written file formats,
> but it wouldn't hurt to know which version last wrote that file, just in
> case.)
>
> Best,
> ­Karl
>
>>What is happening is that the left side, the titles of the bookmarks, looks
>>the same in either version of emacs, whether 24.3.1, or 24.4.50.1.
>>
>>But the right hand side, the pointers to the actual file locations, is wrong.
>>
>>
>>In 24.3.1, buffer looks like
>>
>>% Bookmark
>>- --------
>>  (bash) Bash Conditional Expr   /usr/share/info/bash
>>  (org) Clocking work time       /usr/local/share/info/org
>>  (org) Javascript support       /usr/local/share/info/org
>>  Emacs                          ~/org/reference.org
>>  custom.el                      ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
>>  emacs-init.org                 ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
>>  init.el                        ~/.emacs.d/init.el
>>  org git source                 ~/.vendors/org
>>  org home dir                   ~/org/
>>  org-capture-last-stored-mark   ~/org/todo.org
>>  org-crypt.el                   ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el
>>  org-mobile.el                  ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-mobile.el
>>  org-mode.org                   ~/.vendors/samples/org-mode.org
>>
>>
>>When I look at it in 24.4.50, it looks like
>>
>>% Bookmark
>>- --------
>>  (bash) Bash Conditional Expr   /usr/share/info/bash
>>  (org) Clocking work time       /usr/share/info/bash
>>  (org) Javascript support       /usr/share/info/bash
>>  Emacs                          /usr/local/share/info/org
>>  custom.el                      /usr/local/share/info/org
>>  emacs-init.org                 ~/org/reference.org
>>  init.el                        ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
>>  org git source                 ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
>>  org home dir                   ~/.emacs.d/init.el
>>  org-capture-last-stored-mark   ~/.vendors/org 
>>  org-crypt.el                   ~/org/
>>  org-mobile.el                  ~/org/todo.org
>>  org-mode.org                   ~/.vendors/org/lisp/org-crypt.el
>>
>>
>>
>>It's like it gets confused somewhere, and loops around a few entries...
>>
>>
>>This happens to me on emacs 24.3 and 24.4.50 running under Cygwin, and running
>>under Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.  At first I just thought it was a Cygwin bug, but
>>then was able to replicate it on Ubuntu.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Dave in New Port Richey, FL




Emacs 24.3.1 wrote to this file last.

Dave

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:

....



To stir the pot, I deleted my bookmarks file from v24.4.50, and started making
some new bookmarks.

Here's my bookmarks file:

;;;; Emacs Bookmark Format Version 1 ;;;;
;;; This format is meant to be slightly human-readable;
;;; nevertheless, you probably don't want to edit it.
;;; -*- End Of Bookmark File Format Version Stamp -*-
(("emacs-init.org"
 (filename . "~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org")
 (front-context-string . "* TODO - keep th")
 (rear-context-string)
 (position . 1))
(".emacs.d"
 (filename . "~/.emacs.d/")
 (front-context-string . ".backups_jdb\n  -")
 (rear-context-string . " 2 Apr 29 13:18 ")
 (position . 247))
("Org source"
 (filename . "~/.vendors/org/")
 (front-context-string . ".dir-locals.el\n ")
 (rear-context-string . "33 Apr 21 13:15 ")
 (position . 247))
)
   

But, what gets displayed on the screen with C-xrl is

% Bookmark             File
  .emacs.d             ~/.emacs.d/
  Org source           ~/.emacs.d/
  emacs-init.org       ~/.emacs.d/


"Org source" should point to ~/.vendors/org/, and emacs-init.org should point
to ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org


Any advice on how to debug what is going wrong?  My lisp debugging skills are
essentially non-existant.

Thanks,

Dave

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>To stir the pot, I deleted my bookmarks file from v24.4.50, and started making
>some new bookmarks.
>
>Here's my bookmarks file:
>
>;;;; Emacs Bookmark Format Version 1 ;;;;
>;;; This format is meant to be slightly human-readable;
>;;; nevertheless, you probably don't want to edit it.
>;;; -*- End Of Bookmark File Format Version Stamp -*-
>(("emacs-init.org"
> (filename . "~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org")
> (front-context-string . "* TODO - keep th")
> (rear-context-string)
> (position . 1))
>(".emacs.d"
> (filename . "~/.emacs.d/")
> (front-context-string . ".backups_jdb\n  -")
> (rear-context-string . " 2 Apr 29 13:18 ")
> (position . 247))
>("Org source"
> (filename . "~/.vendors/org/")
> (front-context-string . ".dir-locals.el\n ")
> (rear-context-string . "33 Apr 21 13:15 ")
> (position . 247))
>)
>   
>
>But, what gets displayed on the screen with C-xrl is
>
>% Bookmark             File
>  .emacs.d             ~/.emacs.d/
>  Org source           ~/.emacs.d/
>  emacs-init.org       ~/.emacs.d/
>
>
>"Org source" should point to ~/.vendors/org/, and emacs-init.org should point
>to ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
>
>Any advice on how to debug what is going wrong?  My lisp debugging skills are
>essentially non-existant.

Well, same as debugging in any other language, it's just it helps to
know the language.  The "Debugging Lisp Programs" node in the Emacs Lisp
manual (info pages) will help.

I'm going to try to get to this this week/weekend.  Unfortunately, my
time is not completely my own right now (mom recovering from surgery --
in the long run she should be fine, but right now she needs lots of
help, so that's taking most of my spare time ATM).  Sorry for the delay.

Thanks for the extra reproduction case!

Best,
-K

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>>To stir the pot, I deleted my bookmarks file from v24.4.50, and started
>>making some new bookmarks.
>>
>>Here's my bookmarks file:
>>
>>;;;; Emacs Bookmark Format Version 1 ;;;;
>>;;; This format is meant to be slightly human-readable;
>>;;; nevertheless, you probably don't want to edit it.
>>;;; -*- End Of Bookmark File Format Version Stamp -*-
>>(("emacs-init.org"
>> (filename . "~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org")
>> (front-context-string . "* TODO - keep th")
>> (rear-context-string)
>> (position . 1))
>>(".emacs.d"
>> (filename . "~/.emacs.d/")
>> (front-context-string . ".backups_jdb\n  -")
>> (rear-context-string . " 2 Apr 29 13:18 ")
>> (position . 247))
>>("Org source"
>> (filename . "~/.vendors/org/")
>> (front-context-string . ".dir-locals.el\n ")
>> (rear-context-string . "33 Apr 21 13:15 ")
>> (position . 247))
>>)
>>   
>>
>>But, what gets displayed on the screen with C-xrl is
>>
>>% Bookmark             File
>>  .emacs.d             ~/.emacs.d/
>>  Org source           ~/.emacs.d/
>>  emacs-init.org       ~/.emacs.d/
>>
>>
>>"Org source" should point to ~/.vendors/org/, and emacs-init.org should
>>point to ~/.emacs.d/emacs-init.org
>>
>>Any advice on how to debug what is going wrong?  My lisp debugging skills
>>are essentially non-existant.
>
> Well, same as debugging in any other language, it's just it helps to
> know the language.  The "Debugging Lisp Programs" node in the Emacs Lisp
> manual (info pages) will help.
>
> I'm going to try to get to this this week/weekend.  Unfortunately, my
> time is not completely my own right now (mom recovering from surgery --
> in the long run she should be fine, but right now she needs lots of
> help, so that's taking most of my spare time ATM).  Sorry for the delay.
>
> Thanks for the extra reproduction case!
>
> Best,
> -K



No worries whatsoever.   Family is WAY more important than any little emacs
inconvenience.

Hope your Mom feels better soon, and you have a great day.

I'll read through the referenced material and see what I can figure out.

Thanks again,

Dave

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

Hmm, unfortunately for me, I just tried this all again with
emacs -Q
rather than loading my init files, and the bookmarks look fine.

So somewhere, I must have code that messes this up.   Surprising to me, as I
don't think I have anything that ever looks like code that would be involved
with bookmarks.

Sorry for the false alarm.

Dave

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:

> Hmm, unfortunately for me, I just tried this all again with
> emacs -Q
> rather than loading my init files, and the bookmarks look fine.
>
> So somewhere, I must have code that messes this up.   Surprising to me, as I
> don't think I have anything that ever looks like code that would be involved
> with bookmarks.
>
> Sorry for the false alarm.
>
> Dave


And it was caused by a file called bookmarks-search, written by
ThierryVolpiattfo in 2009.  Maybe someday I'll dig into what the problem in
that file is.

Dave

Re: bookmarks

[Michael Heerdegen]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:

> And it was caused by a file called bookmarks-search, written by
> ThierryVolpiattfo in 2009.  Maybe someday I'll dig into what the
> problem in that file is.

Has this probably been obsoleted by bookmark+?  Maybe you should just
switch to it.

Michael.

Re: bookmarks

[Karl Fogel]

jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>
>> Hmm, unfortunately for me, I just tried this all again with
>> emacs -Q
>> rather than loading my init files, and the bookmarks look fine.
>>
>> So somewhere, I must have code that messes this up.   Surprising to me, as I
>> don't think I have anything that ever looks like code that would be involved
>> with bookmarks.
>>
>> Sorry for the false alarm.
>
>And it was caused by a file called bookmarks-search, written by
>ThierryVolpiattfo in 2009.  Maybe someday I'll dig into what the problem in
>that file is.

Oh!  I'm glad you found it -- I went through a bit of an illness (mostly
recovered now) and was finally going to dig into this.

But I'm surprised that bookmarks-search would be doing anything that
involves rewriting the bookmarks storage file... If you get a chance to
look into it, let us know.  bookmarks-search.el doesn't appear to be
part of the Emacs distribution; is there perhaps a newer version of it
available?

-K

Re: bookmarks

[J. David Boyd]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>>jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>>
>>> Hmm, unfortunately for me, I just tried this all again with
>>> emacs -Q
>>> rather than loading my init files, and the bookmarks look fine.
>>>
>>> So somewhere, I must have code that messes this up.   Surprising to me, as I
>>> don't think I have anything that ever looks like code that would be involved
>>> with bookmarks.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the false alarm.
>>
>>And it was caused by a file called bookmarks-search, written by
>>ThierryVolpiattfo in 2009.  Maybe someday I'll dig into what the problem in
>>that file is.
>
> Oh!  I'm glad you found it -- I went through a bit of an illness (mostly
> recovered now) and was finally going to dig into this.
>
> But I'm surprised that bookmarks-search would be doing anything that
> involves rewriting the bookmarks storage file... If you get a chance to
> look into it, let us know.  bookmarks-search.el doesn't appear to be
> part of the Emacs distribution; is there perhaps a newer version of it
> available?
>
> -K


I'll look into it, as I am curious.  I only added bookmarks-search in a few
months back, and have only used it once, I believe.

I'll report back when (if) I figure out what was wrong.

Glad you're feeling better!

Dave