Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

[Robert J. Chassell]

Today's CVS snapshot, Fri, 2003 Mar 28  14:53 UTC
GNU Emacs 21.3.50.253 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
configured with  --with-x-toolkit=gtk
started with

     /usr/local/bin/emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(blink-cursor-mode 0)'


When I run `C-x C-v' (find-alternate-file)
Emacs does not switch files, but gives me this error message:

    call-interactively: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory


After I evaluate

    (setq dired-directory nil)

I am able to find an alternate file using `C-x C-v'. 


To reproduce: visit a file: 

    C-x C-f foo RET

Then try to visit an alternative file:

    C-x C-v bar RET

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Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

[Andreas Schwab]

"Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:

|>     call-interactively: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

Make sure loaddefs.el is uptodate.

Andreas.

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Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

[Robert J. Chassell]

   "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:

   |> call-interactively: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

   Make sure loaddefs.el is uptodate.

The problem still exists with a 

    very recent CVS snapshot, Fri, 2003 Mar 28  16:05 UTC
    GNU Emacs 21.3.50.255 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)

I  updated Emacs by evaluating this expression which removed the
loaddefs.el file:

    (progn
     (cd "/usr/local/src/emacs/")
     (shell-command "rm /usr/local/src/emacs/lisp/loaddefs.el" nil nil)
     (cvs-update "/usr/local/src/emacs/" t))

And built it by evaluting this expression in a user `bob' owned
instance of Emacs 21:

     (progn
       (cd "/usr/local/src/emacs/")
       (compile
        "time gcc=gcc-3.2 make && cd lisp && \
         time gcc=gcc-3.2 make recompile \
             EMACS=/usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs"))

and this expression in a user `root' owned instance of Emacs 20:

  (progn (cd "/usr/local/src/emacs/") (compile "CC=gcc-3.2 time make install"))


This is running an emacs started with

     /usr/local/bin/emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(blink-cursor-mode 0)'


(The orginal configuration was
  gcc=gcc-3.2 ./configure --with-type1 --prefix=/usr/local --with-sound=yes
i.e., a LUCID tool kit.)

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    Robert J. Chassell                         Rattlesnake Enterprises
    http://www.rattlesnake.com                  GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8
    http://www.teak.cc                             bob@rattlesnake.com

Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

[Andreas Schwab]

"Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:

|>    "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:
|> 
|>    |> call-interactively: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory
|> 
|>    Make sure loaddefs.el is uptodate.
|> 
|> The problem still exists with a 

Use "make -C lisp updates" or "make bootstrap".

Andreas.

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