================================================================ Dear Bug Team! I just tried to load an old and venerable forms file in xemacs and it won't load. The function dies with "wrong type argument: stringp, nil". I've included the form below. Note that this form *still* loads and functions just fine in GNU emacs and always has. FORM/--------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Crew -- forms-mode -*- emacs-lisp -*- ;; Set the name of the data file and make sure it's readable. (setq forms-file "crew.dat") (setq forms-read-only nil) ;; Specify the number of fields. (setq forms-number-of-fields 46) ;; Allow multi-line fields. (setq forms-multi-line "\^k") (setq forms-format-list (list "============ Personal Data ======\n" "Rank : " 1 " Name : " 2 " Sign-on Date : " 9 "\n" "Age : " 4 " Sex : " 12 " COM : " 5 " Bust : " 6 "\n" "Height : " 13 " Weight : " 16 " BTS : " 7 "\n" "Home : " 10 "\n" "Notes : " 11 "\n" "==>Team Data:\n" " Team : " 14 " Position : " 15 "\n\n" "=========== HERO Stats ==========\n" "STR : " 17 " DEX : " 18 " SPD : " 19 " CON : " 20 " PD : " 21 " ED : " 22 " END : " 23 " STUN : " 24 "\n" "OCV : " 25 " DCV : " 26 " CSL : " 27 "\n" "==>Figure Stats:\n " "Move : " 28 " RSTR : " 29 " RDEX : " 30 " RINT : " 31 " REGO : " 32 " RPER : " 33 "\n" "==>Skills:\n " "Smn Skill : " 3 " Ded : " 34 " Tac : " 35 " St/Sh : " 36 "\n" " Lo/SS : " 37 " Para : " 38 " Dem : " 39 " Mrksm : " 40 "\n" "Comnote : " 41 "\n\n" "========== Accounting Data =======" "\n" "Liberty Chests : " 8 " Pay : " 42 " Bonus : " 43 " Pay Total : " 44 "\n" "Bonus Total : " 45 " Last Promo DT : " 46 )) ;; Duh End! END FORM/------------------------------------------------------ ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- uname -a: Linux hammer2.fedora.redhat.com 2.6.12-1.1376_FC3smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 26 23:51:16 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux ./configure 'i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man/man1' '--with-gpm=yes' '--with-pop' '--mail-locking=lockf' '--with-clash-detection' '--with-database=no' '--with-postgresql=no' '--with-ldap=no' '--with-hesiod=no' '--with-msw=no' '--pdump' '--debug=yes' '--with-mule=yes' '--docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18/doc/' '--with-sound=native' '--with-canna=yes' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-athena=3d' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-xfs=no' XEmacs 21.4.18 "Social Property" configured for `i386-redhat-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /builddir/build/BUILD/xemacs-21.4.18 Installation prefix: /usr Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -O2 -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8) Compiler specs file: specs. Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. libc: glibc-2.3.5-10.3 Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw3d - Athena library to link: Xaw3d Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Compiling in support for Canna on Mule. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Compiling in support for "lockf" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the new portable dumper. Compiling in support for extra debugging code. 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widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp CANNA file-coding mule lucid-scrollbars cut-buffer lucid-menubars athena-dialogs x c-balloon-help tty-frames tty toolbar native-sound scrollbar unix-processes multicast network-streams subprocesses modules menu-accelerator-support menubar md5 xemacs xim gutter tiff png gif jpeg xface xpm xbm lisp-float-type linux dialog devices window-system base64) Recent keystrokes: ----------------- SPC d i d n ' t SPC d o SPC i t SPC t o d a y . BS , " SPC h e SPC m u s e d , SPC l o o k i n g SPC a BS s u d d e d BS n l y SPC r a t h e r SPC p e r p l e c t BS BS x e d . M-q C-x C-s misc-user C-v C-v C-v misc-user misc-user M-x M-p RET c r e w . f o r m RET misc-user misc-user Recent messages (most recent first): ----------------------------------- Loading xemacsbug...done Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Loading xemacsbug... Applying style hooks... done Applying style hooks... Updating...done Updating modify environment menu... Removing duplicates... done Removing duplicates... Sorting environment... Updating environment menu... Updating section menu... Wrote /mnt/fiction/auberon/misc/Opening.Day.06-14-590.tex Wrote /mnt/fiction/auberon/misc/Opening.Day.06-14-590.tex C-BS not defined. Applying style hooks... done Applying style hooks... Updating...done Updating modify environment menu... Removing duplicates... done