Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: region

Just following up on my own report -- I rebuilt xemacs with error-checking enabled (the default for beta releases) and the problem disappeared, just as reported by others. Eric Benson wrote: > I'm getting this error on a variety of commands in 21.5.14, built on > Mac OS X with X11 support. This has been reported recently by a few > other people on other systems: > -------------------------------- > http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200305/msg00354.html > From: "Schmitt, Christian (ext.)" <Christian.Schmitt(a)dresdner-bank.com&gt; > Symbol's value as variable is void: region > Hi, > I (finally) came around last night and built a new binary on Windows > for the latest XEmacs code from CVS. > > I built two versions: > One with error checking and debug enabled and one without (see below). > > The version with debug and error checking enabled does not show > the "Symbol's value as variable is void: region" error but the one > without debugging enabled does. > > Here's a stacktrace that happens when I try to select a piece > of text using SHIFT-left arrow: > > # bind (standard-output stack-trace-on-signal debug-on-signal > stack-trace-on-error debug-on-error) > # (unwind-protect ...) > # bind (buffer valid start end n) > zmacs-make-extent-for-region((#<marker at 424 in *scratch* 0xe69e54> . > #<marker at 424 in *scratch* 0xe69e3c>)) > zmacs-activate-region() > # bind (buffer activate-region nomsg location) > push-mark(nil nil t) > -------------------------------- > http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-nt/200305/msg00031.html > From: Rick Rankin <rick_rankin(a)yahoo.com&gt; > (Add'l info) Build problem and problem with region in 21.5 under Cygwin. > Here's some additional info. I set debug-on-error to true and got the > following > backtrace when I tried to set the mark: > > Signaling: (void-variable region) > zmacs-make-extent-for-region((#<marker at 1 in .emacs 0x1028cd44> . > #<marker at 1 in .emacs 0x1028cd2c>)) > zmacs-activate-region() > push-mark(nil nil t) > set-mark-command(nil) > call-interactively(set-mark-command) > -------------------------------- > http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-nt/200305/msg00034.html > From: Markus Alt <altmark(a)de.ibm.com&gt; > I might also have corrupt sources, but I doubt it (as a build for Linux > from the same source tree works fine). In any case I have the very same > error with 21.5.13 on AIX 5.1. Here's my backtrace (similar to Rick's): > > Signaling: (void-variable region) > zmacs-make-extent-for-region((#<marker at 387 in init.el 0x2039640c> . > #<marker at 387 in init.el 0x20396424>)) > zmacs-activate-region() > push-mark(nil nil t) > set-mark-command(nil) > -------------------------------- > > > I also tried setting debug-on-error to t and got the same backtrace > as others. > > Can I assume this was already fixed on those other platforms, but the > fix did not make it to Darwin? Can someone fill me in on the fix, so > I can apply it to the Darwin version as well? > > By the way, this was built on Mac OS X 10.2.6, with X11 from > www.osxgnu.org. I configured with --error-checking=none. The error > happens when running in X11 or TTY mode. >