Hey nick,

My Emacs is GNU Emacs 23.1.90.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600).
Org: Org-mode version 6.34c.

I just start a new org file, say, PHY.org, type very simple words, then
tried
M-x org-publish-current-file.

The *backtrace* tells:
--------
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  file-name-as-directory(nil)
  (let* ((project-plist ...) (base-dir ...) (include-list ...) (recurse ...)
(extension ...) (match ...)) (setq org-publish-temp-files nil)
(org-publish-get-base-files-1 base-dir recurse match exclude-regexp
exclude-regexp) (mapc (lambda ... ...) include-list) org-publish-temp-files)
  org-publish-get-base-files(("options" :section-numbers nil
:table-of-contents nil :style "<script
type=\"text/javascript\">\n                /* <![CDATA[ */\n
org_html_manager.set(" TOC ", 1);\n                org_html_manager.set("
LOCAL_TOC ", 1);\n                org_html_manager.set(" VIEW_BUTTONS ", "
true ");\n                org_html_manager.set(" MOUSE_HINT ", " underline
"); // or background-color like '#eeeeee'\n
org_html_manager.setup ();\n                /* ]]> */\n
</script>") nil)
  (and p (org-publish-get-base-files p exclude))
  (let* ((exclude ...) (files ...)) (mapc (lambda ... ...) files))
  (lambda (p) (let* (... ...) (mapc ... files)))(("options" :section-numbers
nil :table-of-contents nil :style "<script
type=\"text/javascript\">\n                /* <![CDATA[ */\n
org_html_manager.set(" TOC ", 1);\n                org_html_manager.set("
LOCAL_TOC ", 1);\n                org_html_manager.set(" VIEW_BUTTONS ", "
true ");\n                org_html_manager.set(" MOUSE_HINT ", " underline
"); // or background-color like '#eeeeee'\n
org_html_manager.setup ();\n                /* ]]> */\n
</script>"))
  mapc((lambda (p) (let* (... ...) (mapc ... files))) (("org-notes"
:base-directory "~/.emacs.d/org/org/" :base-extension "org" :recursive t
:publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html :publishing-directory
"~/.emacs.d/org/public_html/" :headline-levels 4 :footnotes t :language
"utf-8" :auto-index t :index-filename "index.org" :index-title "LooChao's
Homepage" :auto-preamble t :auto-postamble t :postamble "<div
id='hosted'>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a
href='http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/'><img
src='./theme/emacs-logo.png' alt='Emacs' title ='Powered by GNU/Emacs'
style='width:30px;'/></a></td>\n<td><a href='http://orgmode.org/'><img
src='./theme/org-logo-unicorn.png' alt='Org' title='Powered by Emacs
Org-mode'  style='width:30px;'/></a></td>\n<td><a href='
http://www.princeton.edu'><img src='./theme/PUTiger-logo.gif'
alt='Princeton' title='Hosted by Princeton'
style='width:30px;'/></a></td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n</div>" :style "<link
rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"./theme/org.css\"  type=\"text/css\">
</link>\n         <script type=\"text/javascript\"
src=\"theme/org-info.js\"></script>\n     <script type=\"text/javascript\"
src=\"http://orgmode.org/org-info.js\"></script>") ("org-static"
:base-directory "~/.emacs.d/org/org/" :base-extension
"css\\|js\\|png\\|jpg\\|gif\\|pdf\\|mp3\\|ogg\\|swf" :publishing-directory
"~/.emacs.d/org/public_html/" :recursive t :publishing-function
org-publish-attachment) ("options" :section-numbers nil :table-of-contents
nil :style "<script type=\"text/javascript\">\n                /* <![CDATA[
*/\n                org_html_manager.set(" TOC ", 1);\n
org_html_manager.set(" LOCAL_TOC ", 1);\n
org_html_manager.set(" VIEW_BUTTONS ", " true ");\n
org_html_manager.set(" MOUSE_HINT ", " underline "); // or background-color
like '#eeeeee'\n                org_html_manager.setup ();\n
/* ]]> */\n                </script>")))
  (let (all-files) (mapc (lambda ... ...) (org-publish-expand-projects
projects-alist)) all-files)
  org-publish-get-files((("org-notes" :base-directory "~/.emacs.d/org/org/"
:base-extension "org" :recursive t :publishing-function
org-publish-org-to-html :publishing-directory "~/.emacs.d/org/public_html/"
:headline-levels 4 :footnotes t :language "utf-8" :auto-index t
:index-filename "index.org" :index-title "LooChao's Homepage" :auto-preamble
t :auto-postamble t :postamble "<div id='hosted'>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a
href='http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/'><img src='./theme/emacs-logo.png'
alt='Emacs' title ='Powered by GNU/Emacs'
style='width:30px;'/></a></td>\n<td><a href='http://orgmode.org/'><img
src='./theme/org-logo-unicorn.png' alt='Org' title='Powered by Emacs
Org-mode'  style='width:30px;'/></a></td>\n<td><a href='
http://www.princeton.edu'><img src='./theme/PUTiger-logo.gif'
alt='Princeton' title='Hosted by Princeton'
style='width:30px;'/></a></td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n</div>" :style "<link
rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"./theme/org.css\"  type=\"text/css\">
</link>\n         <script type=\"text/javascript\"
src=\"theme/org-info.js\"></script>\n     <script type=\"text/javascript\"
src=\"http://orgmode.org/org-info.js\"></script>") ("org-static"
:base-directory "~/.emacs.d/org/org/" :base-extension
"css\\|js\\|png\\|jpg\\|gif\\|pdf\\|mp3\\|ogg\\|swf" :publishing-directory
"~/.emacs.d/org/public_html/" :recursive t :publishing-function
org-publish-attachment) ("org" :components ("org-notes" "org-static"))
("options" :section-numbers nil :table-of-contents nil :style "<script
type=\"text/javascript\">\n                /* <![CDATA[ */\n
org_html_manager.set(" TOC ", 1);\n                org_html_manager.set("
LOCAL_TOC ", 1);\n                org_html_manager.set(" VIEW_BUTTONS ", "
true ");\n                org_html_manager.set(" MOUSE_HINT ", " underline
"); // or background-color like '#eeeeee'\n
org_html_manager.setup ();\n                /* ]]> */\n
</script>")))
  (setq org-publish-files-alist (org-publish-get-files
org-publish-project-alist))
  (progn (setq org-publish-files-alist (org-publish-get-files
org-publish-project-alist)))
  (if (or refresh (not org-publish-files-alist)) (progn (setq
org-publish-files-alist ...)))
  (when (or refresh (not org-publish-files-alist)) (setq
org-publish-files-alist (org-publish-get-files org-publish-project-alist)))
  org-publish-initialize-files-alist()
  org-publish-current-file(nil)
  call-interactively(org-publish-current-file t nil)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
----------------------

Anything else I could do?

Thanks a lot,

Chao

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Chao Lu <loochao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Today I was trying to publish a single org file using
> > org-publish-current-file, however, org refused to do so, the error
> message
> > is
> >
> > ====
> > let*: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> > ====
> >
> > I believe the org-publish function work well, for I could get the
> > pre-defined project published smoothly. So do anyone has met similar
> > problem?
> >
>
> Please set debug-on-error to t and after recreating the error, post the
> resulting backtrace. See the "Feedback" section of the Org manual for more
> details on how to report problems.
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>