================================================================ 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: -- (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 " ‡" [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.. ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- 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 -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -g -O3 Relocating allocator for buffers: yes GNU version of malloc: yes 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. 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. 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