Questions tagged [debugging]
Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a computer program.
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`void-variable: Symbol’s value as variable is void: v` when deleting remote directory in dired
This recently started happening. Whenever I try to recursively delete any remote directory from dired (i.e. D over the dired entry), I get this after Emacs asks me for confirmation:
void-variable: ...
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`while` is hanging
(defun test (n)
(let ((list1 ()))
(while (< (length list1) 10))
(push (random n) list1)
list1))
I'm trying to add (random n) to list1 while the length of list1 is ...
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What's this `slot-missing: Invalid slot name: "#<forge-database forge-database-156f3376b4d8>", :file`
I somehow messed up my magit/forge db, and now emacs won't forgive me. Now I can't open magit's status buffer, and sometimes not even a file buffer opens.
This is all I can gather from the Messages ...
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Find out where "Text is read only" coming from
My workflow involves converting a huge generated org-mode document that is created in a read only buffer and is automatically put together. When trying to export it to latex, sporadically I get the &...
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debugging why emacs is autoformatting on save hook
I'm currently facing an issue where I am trying to save a file, but some save hook is triggering an auto formatting the file in a way that I do not want. I am not sure how to debug this issue. Ideally,...
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dired--unhide: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer bufferName> when set bookmark in a dired buffer
When I use C-x r m in a Dired buffer to add this directory to my bookmark, it complains: dired--unhide: Buffer is read-only: #
The enabled minor modes in this buffer include: Async-Bytecomp-Package ...
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shell-resync-dirs hangs
When I run shell-resync-dirs 1, the function hangs, until I press C-g, at which this point, what looks suspiciously like the output of my shell's dirs -l command 2 gets inserted into my buffer at ...
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How are program arguments handled when a program/script is launched from Emacs?
I often find myself wondering how people handle program arguments when they are developing with Emacs. Let's say we have a Python script test.py and launching it requires supplying arguments, e.g. --...
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Error sending mail via mu4e
I get the following error after sending mail via mu4e:
Error (message-sent-hook): Error running hook #[0 "\301\302\303 !\207" [mu4e-sent-func mu4e-sent-handler mu4e~proc-sent buffer-file-...
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Unable to open files for editing with GPG + EasyPG
I have been using GPG + EasyPG for encrypting/decrypting files on my Macbook. Recently, I moved to a new Macbook and tried setting things up similar to my previous setup. However, while the files are ...
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package-load-descriptor: End of file during parsing
I've encountered this error on an Arch Linux system running Emacs-27.2.
I sync my Emacs ~/.config/emacs/init.el which calls a host of other files located under ~/.config/emacs/settings/*-settings.el ...
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Emacs 27: How to jump to backward found word when switched into reverse incremental search?
I am trying to apply following solution(How to jump to backward found word when switched into reverse incremental search?) into Emacs >27.1, (which works in emacs 26.3):
(define-advice isearch-...
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New `wrong-number-of-arguments` error from `desktop-change-dir` and other commands
(This has started happening with other commands too, but I don't remember which.)
Previously when I ran M-x desktop-change-dir I would be prompted to enter a folder, whereupon Emacs would load the ....
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Org Quote Face not responding to CJK font
Org Quote face doesn't seem to be responsive to CJK font settings.
The following custom settings:
'(org-quote ((t (:extend t :background "black" :slant italic :foundry "GOOG" :...
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How to find the function that is run after cursor is moved?
I am working with a highly customized emacs configuration that is not built by me and it highlights all the words in the buffer that match the word under the cursor.
How to find the function that ...
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"inspect element" for GUI elements?
Is there a way to "inspect elements" for Emacs?
e.g. In Firefox, I would open the developer tools, select this icon:
Then pick an element on the page to get information on it.
For an ...
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Function add-variable-watcher does not watch "last-command" variable
I have added a watcher function to watch the last-command variable.
(defun my-watch (symbol newval op where)
(message "Hello"))
(add-variable-watcher 'last-command #'my-watch)
The ...
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gdb input/output buffer not working
I start gdb (with many-windows) through projectile-run-gdb but stdin/out is not displayed in the input/output buffer.
And I have no clue where to look for the issue. Google search did not bring up any ...
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How to automatically open the debugger whenever `kill-buffer` is invoked?
I'm using Elpy for Python development, and when I run code with C-c C-c the source buffer closes -- which I don't want. Have to constantly reopen.
One idea is to set a breakpoint in kill-buffer - ...
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Cannot navigate to recent projects in emacs dashboard: "Symbol's function definition is void: nil" error
Recently, I have not been able to open any of my recent projects that show up on the dashboard screen (package emacs-dashboard). If I move my cursor over one of the projects and press enter nothing ...
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Why is Emacs Entering the Debugger despite a condition case wrapper?
The context of my question: I was editing some clojure code, and point was inside a comment, and to the right of three characters: `abc'.
I ran the command: M-x company-diag, to ask company mode for a ...
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Emacs elisp debugger: How do i make the debugger jump to source when i press s?
The builtin elisp debugger (i.e. the regular one, debug, not edebug) has a default binding of s to command backtrace-goto-source.
When I try to use it, it says: Source code location not known
You can ...
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Can't disable font-lock-mode
If I have font-lock on and I do M-x find-library RET simple RET, I have colours:
If I then M-x font-lock-mode to disable the mode, the colours disappear in the currently-visible portion of the buffer:...
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How to debug an Emacs that stops taking input and needs to be restarted every few hours, but doesn't throw any errors
I've been having a problem lately where every few hours of use, for some reason I don't understand, Emacs stops responding to input without throwing an error. C-g and Esc-Esc-Esc do nothing, so I'm ...
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Why am I getting Wrong type argument: stringp, nil?
What's wrong here ? It gives me the error Wrong type argument: stringp, nil.
(let* ((filename (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name))
(executable (file-name-sans-extension filename)))
(...
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"#+STARTUP: hideblocks" won't work. Can't find offending package/setting
After I upgraded to Org Mode 9.4.5, I learned about the startup option hideblocks, but it won't work as advertised for me.
OK, when I start emacs with the flag -Q, it did, so I went hunting for ...
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query-replace within LaTeX/Math
The answer below was taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/44913296.
This is the most upvoted answer there.
Unfortunately, after running the code (for example by replacing q with \theta) one ...
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elpa.gnu.org:443 has a running process;kill it? message at install AUCTeX package on emacs 27.1 on windows 10
Trying to install AUCTeX on emacs 27.1 on Windows 10, when install AUC TeX through manage emacs packages when press install while the process work appears this mesage
Buffer "*http elpa.gnu.org:...
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emacs crashes at least 10 times a day
9 out of 10 times it happens when invoking magit with C-x g.
I noticed (sometimes) pressing 'g' for refresh inside a dired buffer crashes too.
There's no error shown. My -nw emacsclient just lands in ...
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Emacs hangs/crashes when opening files with special unicode characters, does not crash with -nw
I'm using Arch Linux, i3wm and emacs 27.1, and I'm having an issue where emacs hangs when opening certain files, but I can't seem to find a pattern as to which files cause the hang.
When emacs hangs, ...
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Emacs won’t access Documents directory on MacOS Big Sur
I am running Emacs 26.3 on MacOS 11.2.1 “Big Sur”. When I try to open the directory ~/Documents, it fails with the message “Listing directory failed but ‘access-file’ worked.” Emacs.app is given ...
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File mode specification error: (wrong-number-of-arguments (1 . 2) 0)
When I start my emacs I keep seeing following message on the minibuffer. How can I detect that which function causes this error message, in order to fix it?
File mode specification error: (wrong-...
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void-variable battery-status-function [duplicate]
I'm trying to set up a custom battery indicator in the mode line and I'd like to use the battery-status-function variable defined in battery.el, which is a part of emacs. However, I cannot use it in ...
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Portacle Emacs C-c C-c stopped working
I am a beginner Lisp programmer and new to Emacs. I work on Portacle. I must have done something because when I press C-c C-c to compile a function in a buffer I get: C-c C-c is undefined. This worked ...
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How do I solve `Lisp error: (void-function -compose)` when using lsp-dart?
When I load a Dart file with GNU Emacs 27.1-1 for OS X I get the following little error novel.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function -compose)
(-compose #'lsp--client-path->uri-fn #'lsp--...
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Tramp hangs indefinitely when using doas on Linux
Tramp works fine when I try to edit with sudo or ssh, but when I try to edit with doas it will hang (while also maxing out my cpu). Here is some tramp output:
backtrace()
tramp-signal-hook-...
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How can one debug a situation when emacs is unresponsive on Windows?
There is an operation in my setup which makes emacs unresponsive with high CPU.
I checked the emacs process with process monitor, but it does not wait for an other process, so I guess it must be ...
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Debuggable emacs and vanilla emacs binaries
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.
I would like to build an emacs binary for general usage (no debug symbols) and
another emacs binary (when something goes wrong). The build is pretty straight-forward, but I ...
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How to debug emacs config / need to rerun org-mode after startup
I run emacs on Windows and I start with this command:
C:\path-to\emacs.exe -q --load "C:/path-to-git-tracked-config-folder/.emacs" --debug-init
Emacs starts without error from --debug-init.
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Why does every command with `M-x cider-jack-in` raise an error?
Anyone knows why any command whatsover comes up with this error?
;; Startup: /usr/local/bin/clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "0.8.3"} cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "...
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org-capture: Capture abort: Wrong type argument: stringp, org-main-file
I know this error has come up here before, but none of the answers thus far have been able to help me and no amount of googling has got me anywhere. I've been using org-capture-templates for quite a ...
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inludegraphics macro does not ask for width etc. but only for llx, lly
Using GNU Emacs 26.3, I have a tex file with \usepackage{graphicx} and AUCTeX enabled. However, inserting a includegraphics macro does not prompt for the optional arguments defined in graphicx.el ...
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savehist-mode: Lisp error: (void-variable pell-buffer)
I am using GNU Emacs 26.3 in macOS. For (savehist-mode 1) I keep getting following error:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable pell-buffer)
signal(void-variable (pell-buffer))
savehist-...
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`wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil` after upgrading auctex
After upgrading to auctex-13.0.1 I am getting the error wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil whenever I try to compile a latex document in emacs.
Activating toggle-debug-on-error and issuing C-...
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Custom theme problem - invalid face underline
I have a problem with creating my own custom theme. I'm new to doing this and my elisp knowledge is minimal.
I've used the customise-create-theme option and it was working well but it seems that at ...
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Cannot call use-package on Emacs master
I can't use use-package with Emacs master. How can I find out why this is?
For me, all calls (via eval-last-sexp) to use-package fail as
Error (use-package): Cannot load X Disable showing Disable ...
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emacs 27 (lucid toolkit) daemon crashes every couple of minutes
Some variant of this has been asked before - emacs daemon crashing when it has been built with Gtk3 etc - but I couldn't find any solution to this.
I've built Emacs 27.1 from source on Xubuntu 20.04 ...
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emacs27 : Depends: emacs27-common but it is not going to be installed
I has Emacs 25.3
emacs -version
GNU Emacs 25.3.2
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Emacs
under the terms ...
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Function: "Symbol's function definition is void" until I C-h C-f its definition, then works fine
I've defined a function that uses popup-tip. On startup, if I call the function, I get the error, Symbol's function definition is void: popup-tip. If I call Ch Cf for popup-tip, I can find the ...
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Error when first launching Spacemacs in macOS 11.0.1
I am trying to learn Emacs. I successfully installed it and went through the built-in tutorial. I thought that installing Spacemacs would be nice so I gave it a try.
I followed a tutorial and now I am ...
