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I have this weird error I don't understand :

#+begin_src plantuml :file img/example-uml.png
@startuml
class Example {
- value : Integer
- other : Double
+ up()
+ down()
}
@enduml
#+end_src

This fails with a wrong type argument : char-or-string-p, nil. It seems to be a problem with the :file header arg as using other nonsensical values such as :file 1 outputs wrong type argument stringp, 1. And :file "example.png" outputs wrong type argument : char-or-string-p, nil as well. If I remove it, the block complains it has to have a :file argument.

This is the relevant defun in ob-plantuml. But it never uses char-or-string-p to validate the arguments. So maybe it's something with the org block ?

I'll add that I have org-plantuml-jar-path set properly and that the creation of the image does work in plantuml-mode, which is all the more frustrating.

I use emacs 27.1 and org-mode version 9.3.

Can someone help me ?

Thanks

Edit : added the backtrace

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p nil)
  org-babel-execute:plantuml("@startuml\nclass Example {\n- value : Integer\n- othe..." ((:colname-names) (:rowname-names) (:result-params "replace" "file") (:result-type . value) (:results . "replace file") (:exports . "results") (:session . "none") (:cache . "no") (:noweb . "no") (:hlines . "no") (:tangle . "no") (:file . "img/example-uml.png")))
  org-babel-execute-src-block(nil ("plantuml" "@startuml\nclass Example {\n- value : Integer\n- othe..." ((:colname-names) (:rowname-names) (:result-params "file" "replace") (:result-type . value) (:results . "file replace") (:exports . "results") (:file . "img/example-uml.png") (:tangle . "no") (:hlines . "no") (:noweb . "no") (:cache . "no") (:session . "none")) "" nil 4196 "(ref:%s)"))
  org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c(nil)
  funcall-interactively(org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c nil)
  call-interactively(org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c nil nil)
  command-execute(org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c)
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    That error message can come from many places. The best thing to do is to M-x toggle-debug-on-error, repeat the evaluation of the block and post the backtrace that you get. That wil pinpoint the problem much better.
    – NickD
    Feb 3, 2021 at 13:00
  • FWIW, when I evaluate the block with this header: :file example.png, everythng works.
    – NickD
    Feb 3, 2021 at 13:03
  • Do you have plantuml installed? That's so weird Feb 3, 2021 at 13:08
  • Of course I have plantuml installed, otherwise the evaluation would fail.
    – NickD
    Feb 3, 2021 at 13:09
  • Sure, I don't understand why it'd fail on my install. I'll debug soon. Feb 3, 2021 at 13:12

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Updating org-mode from 9.3 to 9.4.4 has fixed the issue.

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