>> Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> writes: >> Thinking that the problem was in corruption in my git download, I >> downloaded a fresh git setup, but the problem still remains. So >> I've installed org-mode from ELPA, but the problem still remains. I >> am still unable to send emails through gnus, and the error report is >> still occurring in many places whilst in daily usage.
> There are a few problems with your bug report[fn:1]. > First, you don't describe the problem or the error at all (maybe you did > in some earlier post, but please don't assume that anybody is going to > go back and search the list in order to divine your meaning). I, for > one, have no idea what problem and error report you are talking about, > partially because I'm not keeping up with the mailing list, partially > because I'm getting old and decrepit and my memory ain't what it used to > be. > But in addition, why do you think this is an org-mode problem? Surely, gnus is > the more likely culprit, no? > Nick > Footnotes: > [fn:1] The orgmode site has some pointers to useful guides: Simon > Tatham's "How to Send Bug Reports Effectively" and Eric Raymond's > and Rick Moen's "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way". The former > is in the "How to contribute to Org" page; the latter is on the > front page. Thanks Nick for your reply. This ties in with my bug report of 2014-10-27 06:56 Bug: org-columns-compile-format [8.2.10 (release_8.2.10-1-g8b63dc @ /home/boudiccas/git/org-mode/lisp/)] which showed the back-trace of the problem. That back-trace is still valid for this new bug report, as the problem still remains. It is not a gnus-problem alone as I also get the error report when opening some org-mode pages. "For the last couple of days I have been unable to send any emails through gnus, or any followups to a newsgroup, because the buffer which should contain the headers of the message and my signature have been completely blank and empty, with just "Wrong type argument: stringp, 1" showing in the mini-buffer. On several of my org-mode files, when opening them I get this error message showing in the mini-buffer - "org-columns-compile-format: Wrong type argument: stringp, 1"." --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp 1) string-match("%\\([0-9]+\\)?\\([[:alnum:]_-]+\\)\\(?:(\\([^)]+\\))\\)?\\(?:{\\([^}]+\\)}\\)?\\s-*" 1 0) org-columns-compile-format(1) org-columns-get-format(1) org-columns(1) (lambda nil (org-columns 1))() run-hooks(change-major-mode-after-body-hook text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook) apply(run-hooks (change-major-mode-after-body-hook text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook)) run-mode-hooks(org-mode-hook) org-mode() set-auto-mode-0(org-mode nil) #[0 "\302\242\237\211\205. \211@\303!\204 \304\305\"\210\202' \301\306\240\210\307\300\"\204' \310\311\312\"\210A\266\202\202 \207" [nil (t) ((org-mode)) functionp message "Ignoring unknown mode `%s'" t set-auto-mode-0 throw nop nil] 5 "\n\n(fn)"]() funcall(#[0 "\302\242\237\211\205. \211@\303!\204 \304\305\"\210\202' \301\306\240\210\307\300\"\204' \310\311\312\"\210A\266\202\202 \207" [nil (t) ((org-mode)) functionp message "Ignoring unknown mode `%s'" t set-auto-mode-0 throw nop nil] 5 "\n\n(fn)"]) set-auto-mode() normal-mode(t) after-find-file(nil t) find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer 2014a.org> "~/.emacs.d/org/2014a.org" nil nil "~/.emacs.d/org/2014a.org" (16517036 2049)) find-file-noselect("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/org/2014a.org") desktop-restore-file-buffer("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/org/2014a.org" "2014a.org" nil) byte-code(" \236A\206 \305\n\f#\207" [desktop-buffer-major-mode desktop-buffer-mode-handlers desktop-buffer-file-name desktop-buffer-name desktop-buffer-misc desktop-restore-file-buffer] 4) desktop-create-buffer(206 "/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/org/2014a.org" "2014a.org" org-mode (auto-fill-mode abbrev-mode visual-line-mode linum-mode override-global-mode autopair-mode org-indent-mode flyspell-mode yas-minor-mode drag-stuff-mode global-keys-minor-mode org2blog/wp-mode) 71546 (1 nil) nil nil ((indent-tabs-mode) (buffer-file-coding-system . utf-8-unix) (fill-column . 68) (truncate-lines))) eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 3614 load-with-code-conversion("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" "/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" t t) load("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" t t t) desktop-read() #[nil "\304\211 \235\203 \305 \"\306)\n\205 \307 \210\310\211\207" [key command-line-args desktop-save-mode inhibit-startup-screen "--no-desktop" delete nil desktop-read t] 4]() run-hooks(after-init-hook) command-line() normal-top-level() --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- That is from today’s back-trace. If I do "F1 f" and enter "org-columns-compile-format" it shows - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- org-columns-compile-format is a compiled Lisp function in `org-colview.el'. (org-columns-compile-format FMT) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- in the *help* buffer, which leads me to believe that it is an org problem, as "org-colview.el" is provided by "org". Hence the two bug reports, the first being when I was using "org" from a git clone which was updated every evening. I am now using the ELPA version, and the problem has not changed. I have tried using several versions of emacs, I have reverted to a previous script of ".gnus.el", and also reverted to a previous version of "init", but the problem still remains. I am unable to send any emails through gnus, likewise any follow-ups to newsgroups, and am only able to send emails through "org", and have to rebuild each reply by hand, a laborious problem which has drastically reduced my email output! I hope this helps you understand my problem? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.4.1.0