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Warning: void-function org-link-set-parameter [duplicate]
Anyone know why I might be getting the following warning on running emacs? I'm running org-mode 9.7 with the latest doom emacs.
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/home/seba/....
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Getting error in hook: Symbol’s function definition is void: \(setf\ ekg-note-tags\)
I'm writing a pre-save hook for ekg (emacs knowledge graph), and getting an error I don't know how to figure out.
The error is triples--with-transaction: Symbol’s function definition is void: \(setf\ ...
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Seq-Keep is void when installing magit through use-package
I've been attempting to use magit but it keeps throwing an error that seq-keep is void. I started up emacs only installing use-package and magit and the issue persists. However, when I installed magit ...
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Magit error: Wrong type argument: listp
I recently updated magit and since then I haven't been able to create commits with it.
When I try to create a commit in the magit-status interface, I get the error:
command-execute: Wrong type ...
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Push to GitHub via Magit retrieves error: "error in process sentinel: Symbol’s function definition is void: compat-assoc" but works. How to fix it?
I am using Magit in my Emacs. This is my config file.
I have been using this package for a long time without issues. Recently, some weird error messages started to appear. After pressing to push a ...
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error in process sentinel: Wrong type argument: integer-or-marker-p, nil
I get this error when I search dired with M-x find-name-dired:
error in process sentinel: Wrong type argument: integer-or-marker-p, nil
The search finds the files then ends with this error. I'm not ...
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Initialization not liking whitespace mode after upgrading to 29.1?
I have the following configuration for whitespace mode in my .emacs file:
(require 'whitespace)
(setq whitespace-style '(trailing lines indentation space-before-tab space-after-tab)
whitespace-...
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use-package with builtin mode, such as display-time-mode
I'm trying to use the use-package method of organizing my Preferences.el file in Aquamacs. When I try to use use-package display-time-mode, I get the following error message.
Debugger entered--Lisp ...
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Aquamacs hangs when refreshing package contents
I'm trying to use use-package in my Preferences.el file under Aquamacs 3.6. Every time I try to run Aquamacs with the following Preferences.el, Aquamacs hangs, usually indefinitely.
(require 'package)...
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"Error (frameset): Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil" How to debug it?
Such a message in the "Warnings" window. "Frameset" I think refers to the .emacs.desktop file. I got this message when Emacs in daemon mode restored the desktop. There is no such ...
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What am I supposed to do about the error “Invalid search bound (wrong side of point)” in my code calling re-search-forward?
I have several interactive functions that pretty straightforwardly do re-search-forward and replace-match in a loop. Once in a while, if I have a region selected and do the replacement in it, re-...
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How to edit source code from elpa package and keep changes?
So today I installed a dashboard for emacs with M-x package-install RET dashboard. It works perfectly fine. I made some nice customization and it looks great!
But by default, there are some messages (...
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Hook resulting in a Wrong type argument error?
I am trying to do two things for Elfeed Summary:
Automatically update the feeds when starting Elfeed Summary.
Automatically hide the feeds without unread articles when starting Elfeed Summary.
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indentation and syntax highlighting stops working randomly
Every now and when emacs indentation and syntax highlighting stops working. This seems to affect all modes that I'm using (primarily org-mode,ess-mode and emacs-lisp-mode), and manifests itself in ...
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How to load font for emacs on Arch Linux?
I want to use a custom font for emacs on arch linux.
Therefore, I installed the package ttc-iosevka.
Then I added the following line to my init.el:
(set-frame-font "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/iosevka-...
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Symbol’s function definition is void: revert-buffer
For some reason whenever files change on disk, when I try to edit the file I get the following prompt but choosing revert results in
<some-filename> changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, ...
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How do you handle an error in the scope of current-buffer with condition-case?
I would like to create headings and subheadings with org-capture if they don't exist
with file+olp in my templates. The problem is that I get this message Heading not found on level 1.
I'm not sure ...
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Interactive call aware function test problem ( Wrong type argument: commandp ) [duplicate]
Below what the *Messages* buffer tells me:
Loading init.el (source)...
interactive-aware-fun called-interactively-p : nil
command-execute: Wrong type argument: commandp, interactive-aware-fun
and an ...
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helm-projectile-recentf, "Can't rotate non image file"
When I hit M-r to get an exact match, helm-projectile-recentf, I get:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (cl-assertion-failed ((and (file-exists-p file) (string-match (image-file-name-regexp) file)) "...
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Wrong number of arguments: ((t) nil "Remove fringes in treemacs window."
I'm using treemacs as the file browser for my emacs. I've enabled kaolin-treemacs-theme for treemacs.
(use-package kaolin-themes
:config
(load-theme 'kaolin-dark t)
(kaolin-treemacs-theme))
My ...
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cannot `lossage-size` a large number
emacs-28.2; win 11
$ emacs -Q
If I use most-positive-fixnum:
(lossage-size most-positive-fixnum)
Emacs will emit: Value must be >= 100 in the echo area.
If I use a modest number:
(lossage-size (/...
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eldoc error: (void-function embark-eldoc-first-target)
Linux Mint 20.3
Emacs 27
For every command I get the next message in minibuffer:
eldoc error: (void-function embark-eldoc-first-target)
He my setting of embark package in init.el
(use-package embark
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Which-key like in doom emacs: Symbol's value as variable is void: some-map
I would like to integrate which-key like doom emacs with "space" in my configuration, but I get the error: Symbol's value as variable is void: some-map
;; shows shortcuts, when clicking C-x ...
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replace-regexp-in-string (wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)
This used to work, but I somehow updated something, so now it doesn't run
; by Xah - http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_lookup_ref.html
#+begin_src elisp
(defun w3m-lookup-definiton-at-point ()
"...
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nnimap-finish-retrieve-group-infos: End of file during parsing
I read my mails with gnus (emacs master 30.0.50/windows11/mingw64), it used to work very well but suddenly, I now run into the following error :
nnimap-finish-retrieve-group-infos: End of file during ...
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Error when using helm setup with use-package
My current helm configuration is
(use-package helm
:bind (("M-x" . helm-M-x)
("C-x b" . helm-mini)
("C-x C-f" . helm-find-files)
("C-x C-...
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org-gcal complain about client id/secret
I setup org-gcal-client-id and secret. I do org-gcal-reload-client-id (-secret too) but at each Emacs startup I receive a warning that these 2 variable must be set.
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Translate use-package syntax
I am not sure how to translate this use-package :commands syntax into a regular elisp init.el file.
(use-package languagetool
:commands (languagetool-check
languagetool-clear-suggestions
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Can't access a global variable inside a function in elisp?
I am trying to make a simple function that toggles "lsp-ui-doc-show" and "lsp-ui-doc-hide", by calling the same function every time.
Thought it was simple enough to use a global ...
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Undefined-function error about function called by my function
I have recently moved to emacs as my mail client. I am using message-mode to write and send email through notmuch. Specifically, the major mode is called Message[Notmuch].
I would like to remap C-c C-...
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helm-do-ag not working as expected to search with command-option
I want a function to search in filenames and retrieve those filenames containing the string I search for.
For some reason, this piece of code is not working for this purpose:
(defun helm-do-ag-...
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Why can't counsel-rg index an expression previously found?
I am using trying to use a command called counsel-rg. This is the associated describe-command:
counsel-rg is an autoloaded interactive compiled Lisp function in
‘counsel.el’.
(counsel-rg &...
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"Eager macro-expansion failure" message when starting Emacs 28.2 from the mac terminal
I have upgraded my emacs using brew install emacs-plus. Now when I run emacs & from the terminal, the following message appears.
Eager macro-expansion failure: (wrong-number-of-arguments (3 . 4) ...
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What causes an error "git not found" for each org-agenda file when building org-agenda-list?
I have emacs 28.1 on my phone in F-Droid.
When I start any org-agenda population command like org-agenda-list or org-agenda-list-stuck-projects the list shows up, but also shows up this error message ...
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Aquamacs error while loading .emacs : Symbol's function definition is void: register-definition-prefixes
I'm on macOS Monterey and I'm using aquamacs as an IDE to ocaml.
Ocaml is install with opam and everything was working well until I delete the wrong switch. Emacs is still working with tuareg in the ...
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Use-package :bind-keymap with car as a form
As you can see below, trying to make a cons using a backquote and a colon to evaluate a form causes an error. Surely this is a tiny mistake, but Lisp is not my cup of tea.
Let's just jump to the code:
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Error after upgrade
I upgraded doom yesterday. Unfortunately, since then I get the following error whenever I doom run :
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/Users/*****/.emacs.d/.local/etc/@/init....
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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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Semantic fails while processing system header
I have Emacs 28.1.90, locally built, with cedet and semantic as built-in packages. However, when i tried turning things on (using semantic for auto-completion with company), i started getting eroors ...
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Installing minimap on vanilla Emacs gives "Invalid face attribute :foreground nil [xxx times]"
Installing minimap package-install [RET] minimap [RET]
Enabling the minimap-mode M-x minimap-mode
And opening ~/.emacs (or any file that enables minimap by default)
Results in the Messages buffer ...
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Symbol's function definition is void: package-install-selected-packages
In order to install and remove packages automatically (which is especially useful when using Emacs for the first time on a new computer), I have the following lines in my ~/.emacs:
;; Specify required ...
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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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How to enable terminal beeping?
xterm conviniently beeps on a failed unit test (pytest):
Beeping
(start-process "" nil "/usr/bin/xterm" "-e" "python3" "-B" "-m" "...
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How does one fix the Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading error?
What does this error mean:
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/Users/brandomiranda/.emacs’:
Wrong number of arguments: (3 . 4), 2
To ensure normal operation, you should ...
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Loading charset map: No such file or directory, JISX0208
Trying to save files I have suddenly started recieving the following error:
Loading charset map: No such file or directory, JISX0208
In *Messages* this is reported as:
find-coding-systems-region: ...
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Unclear wrong argument
The following expression:
(car input-method-function)
Give the following message:
Wrong type argument: listp, list
Why? input-method-function is list.
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Tools for locating and debugging errors
I am getting the following error, but am finding it difficult to locate the problem. Are there any tools for debugging in such instances?
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/...
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emacsclient closes immediately on "*ERROR*: Beginning of buffer"
I have an app where I call emacsclient to do some editing on an org file. When it calls it, the frame flashes for an instant, then closes immediately. On stderr, I get the following message:
*ERROR*:...
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Error in dired-find-file-place when saving
I've been an Emacs user for 30 years. This week I'm switching to a new machine with Ubuntu 21.10 installed.
Now when I save a file, it always errors out with the error message: "Error in dired-...
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