6:20 a.m.
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Dear Bug Team!
desktop.el, supplied as part of edit-utils package has a bug when
trying to save and restore dired buffers. When you exit XEmacs and
then restart it loading .emacs will fail in loading desktop
complaining with the following stack. See below the stack for more
details:
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(1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading
/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/init.el:
Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
Backtrace follows:
file-name-absolute-p(nil)
# bind (locals desktop-buffer-misc ro mk pt mim desktop-buffer-major-mode
desktop-buffer-name desktop-buffer-file-name ver)
desktop-create-buffer(205 nil "gnus" dired-mode (line-number-mode
column-number-mode pending-delete-mode filladapt-mode eldoc-mode dired-sort-mode) 217 (nil
nil) t ("/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/gnus/") ((case-fold-search)))
# bind (current-load-list)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# bind (load-file-name)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
(load-internal "[internal]")
load-internal("/home/kaarthik/.emacs.desktop" t t t raw-text)
# bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file)
load("/home/kaarthik/.emacs.desktop" t t t)
# bind (desktop-last-buffer dirs)
desktop-read()
# bind (current-load-list)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# bind (load-file-name)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
(load-internal "[internal]")
load-internal("/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/init.el" t t t raw-text)
# bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file)
load("/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/init.el" t t t)
load-user-init-file()
#<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error
load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>()
# (unwind-protect ...)
call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (__load_init_file_arg__)
"...(26)" [init-file-had-error user-init-file __load_init_file_arg__ errstr
error-message-string message "Error in init file: %s" lwarn initialization error
"An error has occurred while loading %s:\n\n%s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s\n\nTo
ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\nin your
initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option\nto XEmacs to enter
the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the\nexact problem."
backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8> #<compiled-function nil
"...(10)" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil]
2>)
# (condition-case ... . ((error)))
# bind (debug-on-error debug-on-error-from-init-file debug-on-error-should-be-set
debug-on-error-initial)
load-init-file()
# bind (command-line-args-left)
command-line()
# (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code " Â" [error-data data nil] 1))))
# bind (error-data)
normal-top-level()
# (condition-case ... . error)
# (catch top-level ...)
--
A dired buffer stores itself in .emacs.desktop as:
,----[ .emacs.desktop ]
| (desktop-create-buffer 205
| nil
| "gnus"
| 'dired-mode
| '(line-number-mode column-number-mode pending-delete-mode filladapt-mode
eldoc-mode dired-sort-mode)
| 217
| '(nil nil)
| t
| '("/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/gnus/")
| '((case-fold-search)))
`----
Note the second argument is 'nil'. The second argument to
desktop-create-buffer is buffer-file-name, which for dired buffers is
nil. In desktop-create-buffer this happens at the top:
,----[ desktop.el:lines 705-708 ]
| (if (not (file-name-absolute-p desktop-buffer-file-name))
| (setq desktop-buffer-file-name
| (expand-file-name desktop-buffer-file-name desktop-dirname)))
`----
'nil' is passed to file-name-absolute-p, which complains. desktop-save
does this to get that value:
,----[ desktop.el:lines 500-504 ]
| (let ((bn (buffer-file-name)))
| (if bn
| (if desktop-relative-file-names
| (file-relative-name bn dirname)
| bn)))
`----
The correct solution would be to make desktop-save write out the
entire path of the directory that the buffer is looking at. I am not
sure if a function exists for this purpose.
Thanks..
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System Info to help track down your bug:
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uname -a: FreeBSD the-saint 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Wed May 7 22:47:54 EDT 2003
kaarthik＠the-saint:/usr/src/sys/compile/THE-SAINT i386
./configure '--site-includes=/usr/local/include'
'--site-libraries=/usr/local/lib' '--with-database=no'
'--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-athena=3d'
'--pdump' '--with-pop' '--with-xface'
XEmacs 21.5-b14 "cassava" (+CVS-20030713) configured for
`i386-unknown-freebsd4.7'.
Compilation / Installation:
Source code location: /usr/home/programs/xemacs/xemacs-21.5
Installation prefix: /usr/local
Additional header files: /usr/local/include
Additional libraries: /usr/local/lib
Runtime library search path: /usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
Operating system description file: `s/freebsd.h'
Machine description file: `m/intel386.h'
Compiler: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes
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Relocating allocator for buffers: yes
GNU version of malloc: yes
Window System:
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- X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib
- Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
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- 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.
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:
Mail:
Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval.
Compiling in support for "flock" 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.
WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result.
WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases.
WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
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/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/elisp/ps-print/lisp/ps-mule
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ps-print/ps-mule
/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/elisp/ps-print/lisp/ps-bdf
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ps-print/ps-bdf
/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/elisp/cparse/sformat
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/semantic/sformat
/home/kaarthik/.xemacs/elisp/newcomment
/home/programs/xemacs/xemacs-21.5/lisp/newcomment
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/build/build-report
/home/programs/xemacs/xemacs-21.5/lisp/build-report)
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