On Tue, 2019-11-19 at 08:35 -0700, Jesse Gibbons wrote: > guix describe : > Generation 139 Nov 19 2019 08:11:32 (current) > guix 7b40d59 > repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git > branch: master > commit: 7b40d59114e1462d6d8140f325a66b12e91db667 > > emacs --version : > GNU Emacs 26.3 > Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > You may redistribute copies of GNU Emacs > under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING. > > When I launch emacs from the command line, I get the following message: > split-string: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil > > As a result, when I try `EDITOR=emacs guix edit hello` it doesn't work. > I can confirm this is not a problem with guix edit, because when > EDITOR=vim > it opens the package in vim. > > (Joke about guix turning to the dark side goes here.) > > Since I do not know if it is a problem with guix or emacs, I'm starting > with > guix. It could be related to bug#38261 > > > > I guess this was fixed for me by restarting my computer.
(joke about "turning it off and back on" working goes here)