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Get backtrace for timer error

For an error in a timer there is Error running timer: (text-read-only "Attempt to change text outside editable field") Sadly it does not give a hint which function in which buffer has the ...
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Symbol’s function definition is void: make-closure

I’m trying to split a number stated in scientific notation (6.371e6) and write it as float (6371000) (I’m doing this to learn.) This is the code I have so far A = (car (mapcar #'string-to-number (...
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when I open file in emacs I get lots of strange errors

My OS is ubuntu 22.04 LTS, emacs is in /usr/local/texlive/emacs-28.1, texline in /usr/local/texlive and auctex in .emacs.d/elpa. Whenever I open a file in the emacs-buffer, it shows -- in a buffer *...
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"Invalid version list `(4 5 -4 414)'" when running `M-x package-list-packages`

When following a suggestion for solving another problem, I'm doing M-x package-list-packages. However, that gives me the error message Invalid version list `(4 5 -4 414)'. What does this mean, and ...
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