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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I see “Unnecessary call to ‘package-initialize’ in init file” but can't find the call to `package-initialize`
I'm running Emacs from HEAD on Mac OS. I installed emacs-plus using the --HEAD argument with homebrew.
I did a whole grep for (package-initialize) in ~/.emacs.d/. The only reference I found to it is ...
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Remove the auto-generated marks from dired buffer
Upon invoking dired with C-x d, it display
Five of the files have already been marked automatically ,
Consult with the manual of operation on files
Strik U and * u to remove the mark but failed.
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Org agenda suddenly broken after installing org-mac-link
Org agenda is suddenly broken Symbol’s value as variable is void: org-tag-group-re. How to fix it?
Diagnosis:
The problematic code seems to be this:
;; org-mac-link
(push (expand-file-name "~/....
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Skip the first breakpoint in entry file with Geben
Simple question, how can I run the XDebug debugger with Geben without it stopping execution on the first line of the entry file. What I would like is for the scripts to run normally but only stop on a ...
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elisp debugger jumping windows around
I'm trying to use the built-in elisp debugger, invoked by debug, and read the source code at the same time. Unfortunately, whenever I continue execution, with either c or d, the debugger jumps around ...
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Error when exporting to pdf in org-mode
I get the following error when exporting to pdf directly in org-mode (C-c C-e l o), but conversion using pandoc with the exported tex document (C-c C-e l l) works fine. What went wrong?
Latex ...
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Reading at buffer position 2767`
I got such a error report but confused with 'position 2767`
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable |)
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*-518868> nil "/home/me/.emacs.d/lisp/init-company.el" ...
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Org Link to png file displays as wildcard rather than the image file itself
When I click on a link to a certain recent screenshot, this is shown rather than the image itself.
/Users/satibodhi/Creation/notes:
wildcard 楷{氵尸}.png
-rw-r--r--@ 1 satibodhi staff 2373 Jul ...
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IO Error writing filename: Input/Output error
Using emacs 24.3-22 on CentOS 7.6.1810. Writing to home directory on cifs mounted share.
When writing a file auto-saves will work, but actually clicking the save button or doing Save As gives IO ...
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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument wholenump -98) [duplicate]
I am working on Org 9.1.8 and emacs 26.1,
Every time I invoke Enter, it prompts
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument wholenump -98)
make-list(-98 nil)
lisp-indent-initial-state()...
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Symbol's function defintion is void: org-show-all
I get the above error when trying to archive my org agenda using C-c C-x C-a and/or C-c C-x C-s, according to instructions over here. My archive location is set the default.
UPDATE:
After following ...
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Symbol's value as variable is void: ‘yes-or-no-p
I have the following lines in my config file:
(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
(setq confirm-kill-emacs ‘yes-or-no-p)
The latter line is what's throwing the error. I would like to be able to use 'y-or-...
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Org-table misaligns with Chinese data
Org table vertical lines do not align properly with Chinese data.
| 標題一 | 標題二 | 標題三 |
|----------+--------------+----------|
| 中文圖表 | 直線會對不準 | 像這樣子 |
| 這 | 是不是 | 問題 |
| ...
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after-change-functions global value gets set to nil sometimes
I'm facing a strange issue and I don't know how to debug it. In the middle of work after-change-functions just gets set to nil. I use doom-modeline and it installs hooks to after-change-functions to ...
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org-mind-map unable to find flatten and dot command
I get the following error when running org-mind-map.
Paths the each are as follows:
$ which unflatten
/usr/local/bin/unflatten
$ which dot
/usr/local/bin/dot
How to tell org-mind-map to access ...
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Ditaa source code evaluated with no result
The code below evaluated successfully but ~/Downloads/foo.png is empty. A look at the downloads folder shows that no file has been generated. What went wrong?
#+begin_src ditaa :file ~/Downloads/foo....
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`scad-mode` (derived from CC Mode) hangs Emacs. How to debug/fix?
I have found that scad-mode.el, a derived mode from CC Mode, which can be found here:
https://github.com/openscad/openscad/blob/master/contrib/scad-mode.el
hangs emacs if I type
#(
into the window,...
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How can I debug a hang when debug-on-quit doesn't work?
I have a problem with haskell-mode where Emacs will hang every time I open up a Haskell file. Mashing Ctrl-g a few times will get the file opened.
So I would imagine setting debug-on-quit would allow ...
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can I use .dir-locals.el to set a default mode for files, and still allow dired?
I have a directory that is all little shell code snippets for being sourced.
Tried creating an auto-mode-alist, that does not seem to be effective, so tried creating a .dir-locals.el thusly:
((nil . ...
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org-insert-link sometimes produces “wrong type argument: stringp, nil” after prolonged use of emacs
It usually happens after a couple of days of use that C-c C-l / org-insert-link inside .org files does not allow me to insert new links anymore.
What I want to do is interactively insert link ...
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Why an error when calling a command in a specific buffer?
Q: why do I get errors when calling a command from a specific buffer, but not in any other buffer?
Scratch all of what I had previously said about
call-interactively (see strikethrough below for ...
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Org-ref not communicating with Tex-live?
Org-ref cannot tell that I have biblatex-caspervector installed.
Is this because of some packages that I missed?
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org-mode internal link works only in some cases
I have an .org document with the following structure.
* Headline 1
This is some text
* Headline 2
:Custom_id: h2
This is heading number two
** Sub heading 1
<<target>>
** Sub heading ...
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org-ref “Unbalanced parentheses”, 20306, 18248 error
I am new to org-mode and I am learning to use it to replace markdown for academic writing.
M-x org-ref gave me this error: org-ref "Unbalanced parentheses", 20306, 18248 error
What should I do ...
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what's wrong with my elisp? (“Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-function”) [closed]
so I'm learning elisp and wouldn't ask this if I could figure out what was wrong with just the debug message. I'm trying to implement a super basic LRU cache (with the keys in the map just mapping to ...
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How to navigate stack frames in Emacs debugger?
I'm trying to debug the infamous Unrecognized entry in undo list undo-tree-canary, and after having Emacs debugger triggered on error, I want to move back and forth between stack frames and to examine ...
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Tramp hanging on writing or opening file
Tramp consistently hangs, for me, when opening or writing a remote file. None of the ‘why is Tramp hanging...?’ resources I've found seem to address my situation.
What's odd is that this used to ...
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Why doesn't Emacs accept keyboard input in timers? [duplicate]
I've managed to write a timer that reliably causes keyboard input not to be accepted until I press Ctrl-G.
The issue is, I don't know what causes the timer to lock up, what the stack frame is when it'...
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Some lisp errors not showing a backtrace
I have a few custom written methods in my init file.
They run in to null issues - too often :)
Anywhen, I noticed for some errors emacs pull up a backtrace/debugger prompt for me. But often the error ...
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Unable to quit emacs with `Wrong type argument: hash-table-p, nil`
I have some customisations in ~/.emacs.el. Today I refactored a piece that used dolist, directory-files, and find-file. I am now unable to quit Emacs in the normal way and I get this from the mini-...
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How to append an argument to an external command in init.el?
I 1must append a config file to 2package command, required as -p
puppeteer-config.json. In my init.el, I tried changing the native command as
shown below:
From:
(setq ob-mermaid-cli-path "~/...
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Surprisingly persistent local variable
A local variable keeps coming back, and I know not whence.
In a certain buffer,
TeX-command-extra-options is "--synctex=1", even after I have removed
this from my init.el and restarted Emacs.
I tried ...
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`gud-print` results in “Text is read-only” message
Whenever I run gud-print (C-xC-aC-p) with my cursor positioned on a variable while debugging with GUD (specifically via the gdb command), I get the message "Text is read-only" in the echo area. I can'...
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pop-to-buffer: Wrong type argument: window-valid-p, #<window 117>PNG warning: Interlace handling should be turned on when using png_read_image
I occasionally run into the following error when opening a new file with projectile:
pop-to-buffer: Wrong type argument: window-valid-p, #<window 117>PNG warning: Interlace handling should be ...
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Figuring out what plugin is messing with my input
This is a more general question so I would like to know how to actually debug something like this. Suppose that I have some plugin that does section completion as code is being written. For example ...
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How to see *Messages* buffer in Spacemacs?
How to see *Messages* buffer as advised in this answer - https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/32069/23367?
Why do I need this?
I am new to Spacemacs and I am trying to understand how it can help me ...
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Need help with `expand-region`: Symbol’s function definition is void: org-outline-overlay-data
If I try to use er/expand-region but it fails with Symbol’s function definition is void: org-outline-overlay-data.
org-version :
Org mode version 9.2.2
In the release notes for the current org (9.2),...
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end of file during parsing during org-mode export to latex
I have a weird thing going on with emacs on Fedora 29.
Once in a blue moon, my Emacs will go HA! you cannot export to LaTeX with the "error": end of file during parsing during. However, if I move ...
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Wrong type argument: symbolp, possible mismatched parenteses in .spacemacs
I am trying to apply a fix to make it easier to change todo status in org mode. The code is the following:
'(
(org :variables org-want-todo-bindings t)
)
from https://github.com/syl20bnr/...
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ansi-term - wrong type argument: characterp, return
When using ansi-term on Emacs a get the following error whenever I press enter in char-mode:
wrong type argument: characterp, return
I used toggle-debug-on-error and get the following:
Debugger ...
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Invalid read syntax “#”
I'm having trouble using:
(add-hook ’before-save-hook #’gofmt-before-save)
This is supposed to format the go code before saving. The error I get is:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-read-...
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Emacs flashes when changing buffer with `ido-switch-buffer`
When I change buffer via ido-switch-buffer and enter a python buffer my entire Emacs flashes visually for a second. If I handle other files the same way, it does not. What can be the reason for that? ...
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How can I identify all changes to match-data?
I have a sporadic error when running query-replace:
Args out of range: #<buffer lib.rs>, 0, 1
There are similar questions:
Match data clobbered by buffer modification hooks
(RegEx-)Replace: ...
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Ctrl-g will stop Emacs(terminal) and send it to background, ending with core-dump
I'm using Ubuntu server without GUI(ssh into the server), so I use Emacs in terminal, but since the first day I use it, Ctrl-g will stop Emacs and send it to background multiple times one day, it is ...
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Cannot jump to file or location link in grep-mode or compile-mode
I have recently installed emacs on a new system (Manjaro arch-linux), using my usual configuration (available here, if relevant).
However, the jump function never works on this new system: whenever ...
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Valgrind interface for emacs
Is there an interface similar to 'gdb-mi' for using Valgrind in emacs?
What are some ways to use Valgrind inside emacs?
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Invalid function: treemacs-block
I use treemacs for project management. For some reason (even if I don't have treemacs buffer opened) when I try to launch Dired for the first time I get
invalid function: treemacs-block
What is even ...
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how to resolve Symbol's value as variable is void when using ledger-mode
I am trying to setup a workflow wherein I generate Ledger files from different record files. Typically I like to view them in ledger mode after cleaning but if I make a change to the conversion, then ...
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Debugging in Unity3d with emacs?
I develop in Unity, and have been using emacs as my text editor for development. Debugging however has always needed to be done through monodevelop (and it crashes half the time while doing this). My ...
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Spacemacs error when loading `.spacemacs` which uses package `flycheck`
I added the following at the end of my ~/.spacemacs file:
(use-package flycheck
:defer t
:init (global-flycheck-mode))
When I do this, I get Spacemacs encountered an error while loading your '/...
