Questions tagged [error-handling]
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Keep going mode for require-package
In my initialization file, I have got:
(require-package 'clips-mode)
The thing is that, lately, this package fails to be loaded sometimes (it's already downloaded but I guess it fails when it tries ...
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helm-mu on macOS throws Invalid read syntax: (")
Hej guys,
I get an error when searching through my mails with helm-mu.
Messages gives
Invalid face reference: helm-grep-finish [96 times]
error in process filter: helm-mu-candidate-parser: End of ...
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Orgmode table error - shrunk field?
I'm very new to Emacs and Org mode, so I'm basically fumbling around. I'm getting an alarm bell ding whenever I type in an table in an *.org file. A message says "invalid function: org-table-with-...
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Identify which mode is throwing an error
I am attempting to edit a file. Emacs is preventing me from making the edit, and throwing: Args out of range: #<buffer user.action.js>, 4965, 17721. It is completely not obvious to me where this ...
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“No such file or directory, bind-key” after installing use-package [duplicate]
I'm using Emacs on Windows 10. I want to override key bindings, so after reading How to override major mode bindings, I installed use-package with the built-in package manager (via M-x package-install ...
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How Can I Prevent make-process from failing if the default-directory doesn't exist?
Usually, when you open a file, Emacs prompts you to run M-x make-directory RET RET if the directory doesn't exist.
However, after writing my own advice, I realized that opening files in directories ...
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How can I disable the “<C-lwindow> is undefined” error?
I use Windows 10's virtual desktop feature. The hotkey for switching between virtual desktops is Ctrl-Win-Left / Ctrl-Win-Right. When Emacs is focused and I want to switch dekstops, I get an error ...
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Running emacs client: how do you know if the init files had errors loading
I use emacs 25, in nw mode, with "alias emacs='emacsclient -nw'"
When I add something to my personal.el, I do
brew services restart emacs
My issue is, if I make a big blunder inside my personal.el ...
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toggle-debug-on-error only works for the first error, how can i fix this?
when I enable debug on error it works perfectly the first time.
when I go and fix my error and rerun my function debug on error no longer triggers for new errors.
Is there a way to enable it so ...
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Exiting from outer calling functions on error
Consider the following:
(defun my-divide-by-0()
(condition-case nil
(/ 1 0)
(error (progn (message "Could not evaluate: 1/0") nil))))
(defun my-test()
(interactive)
(my-divide-by-0)
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redirect stderr to a file in call-process-region
I have been reading the documentation for call-process-region here and I am trying to redirect stderr to a file. from the the documentation, this looks correct
(call-process-region beg end perltidy-...
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Is the unwind-protect's clean form always evaluated?
I have this loop:
(catch 'QUIT
(while
(search-forward-regexp "\\([^\n\\]\\(?:\\\\\\\\\\)*\\|^\\(?:\\\\\\\\\\)+\\)%.*\n"
nil t)
(save-excursion
(let ((b (make-...
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When I (byte-compile-file “my-package.el”), can I treat warnings as errors?
As part of CI testing, I'm byte-compiling package files to make sure there are no errors. I'd like to take this a step further and ensure there are no warnings, either (like 'function not known to be ...
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On Windows 8.1, in Emacs Ghostscript doesn't work, while on commandline it does
Edited question of August 2017:
After a long search I found the reason, why a wonderful software called pdfsizeopt (for my question from April 2017 see below) does not work, when called from Emacs, ...
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Symbol's function definition is void: insert-string
;; Specify the startup banner. Default value is `official', it displays
;; the official spacemacs logo. An integer value is the index of text
;; banner, `random' chooses a random text banner in `core/...
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What is the difference between the error handler in condition-case and the error function
I am wondering the semantic of the error function. For condition-case, the Elisp manual says:
The arguments after the protected form are handlers. Each handler
lists one or more condition names (...
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Get backtrace from error programmatically
If an error is signalled in Emacs Lisp code, and debug-on-error is t, I get a backtrace buffer that makes it easy to figure out where the error occurred. However, for errors that occur while ...
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Taking action depending on the presence of particular message in the echo area
I have my proper function to run latex, say my-tex.
Sometimes one should run latex two times to get references right. A message like below in the echo area appears to tell this. How to identify ...
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Standard way of reporting user errors to user?
I am writing an emacs package which provides some commands to the user. The user can run things like M-x foobar and M-x eggsspam. However, some of these commands can fail. As an example, without ...
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Which function should I advise to do something when a user-error is unhandled?
I need to advise emacs to do something when any error dings to the user. I can't find any documentation on which function I actually need to advise.
Which function do I need to advise to do ...
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Catch invalid calc expression
Inspired by this blog I wrote a function which replaces arithmetic expressions between two $ symbols with the mathematical result inline (and deletes the $ symbols). How can I modify this such that it ...
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What do I do when Emacs is frozen? [duplicate]
What should I do when Emacs stops responding?
My current "emacs-is-frozen" protocol looks like this:
Spam C-g (it sometimes works)
Wait for a while.
pkill -9 emacs
What alternate steps could I try ...
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Break on all errors in edebug
How can I make Emacs break on an error, even if the error is being handled somewhere?
In my current scenario, the setup of a major mode is modifying the buffer and I want to find out why (and then ...
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autoload list of packages in Emacs 25.0.92
According to emacs.SE answer I am trying to make Emacs (version 25.0.92) autoload packages if they are not already installed on my computer. At my .emacs file now I have only:
(package-initialize)
(...
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How to abort saving in a before-save-hook function?
If, in a function run from before-save-hook, I want to abort the saving of a file, so that the file is not saved and the user is signaled, how can I do that? Is it possible (without rebinding C-xC-s ...
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Cryptic startup error messages
I just started out on emacs so this might have a really simple answer. I'm getting an error message on startup and have no idea what it means. The debug message doesn't help much either.
What do ...
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Finding frames by name
I'm trying to write a little compilation monitor frame that gets compilation updates written to it without the overhead of seeing absolutely everything going on in the compile. I've been working with ...
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How to condition-case Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth'?
I'd like to catch too big recursive call nesting in elisp, like this:
(condition-case nil
(potentially-too-recursive-function)
(xxx (message "Gave up, using defaults")))
What is the symbol in ...
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Can't exit Emacs with error “End of file during parsing”
Every time I press c-x c-c to exit Emacs, it shows "End of file during parsing" in the minibuffer. I cursorily examined my .emacs and did not find any mismatching parenthesis. Any idea what's the ...
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Rethrowing an error in Emacs Lisp
I need to call a function and perform a cleanup only if the function fails, and then relaunch the error. Here is the pseudo-code:
(condition-case err
(call-function)
(error
(cleanup)
;; ...
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How to call another function, if one function gives an error message
Suppose I call a function which is named as foo.
Sometimes that function foo will give a message such as "Example of error message". If that is the case, then something else should be executed.
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Invoke function on message
The debug-on-message variable tells Emacs to start the debugger when a matching message is displayed. How can I get Emacs to invoke my own function when a matching message is displayed?
My motivation ...
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Capturing stderr of subprocesses
I'm trying to capture stderr separately from stdout for a (synchronous) process run from emacs. I've found one way of doing it based on some code copied from emacs' shell-command function (I don't ...
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Perform function until it returns user-error
I want to define a function org-move-subtree-top that calls org-move-subtree-up until it returns a user-error (in this case "Cannot move past superior level or buffer limit"). How can I do this in ...
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Show line number on error
Say that emacs throws some error that I don't understand. Or maybe the error says "Symbol's value as variable is void: modes", but there are many occurrences of the symbol modes in my code, so I need ...
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How do I catch signals?
After reading the documentation, here's what I've tried:
(condition-case err
(signal 'my-error 'my-data)
(my-error (message "data: %S" err)))
Evaluating this form still throws the signal, ...
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define-error for older Emacs?
I'm using define-error to throw custom errors.
But it looks like this function wasn't yet implemented in emacs-24.3, for instance.
It still seems to work for emacs-24.3 if I write this:
(when (...
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File mode specification error: How to find syntax problem: Missing :END: line in org-mode properties?
When I launch my emacs software (Aquamacs.app) I see a message
File mode specification error: (error ":END: line missing at position 23740")
Unfortunately, I do not know in which file this problem ...
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How does one define a widget of type editable-list with validation?
I create my widget with the following code:
(widget-create 'editable-list
:entry-format "%i %d %v"
:value '("")
'(editable-field
...
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Error in post-command-hook during org-agenda-todo
Ever since upgrading to emacs 24.4.1, when I set something as 'done' from the agenda, I frequently get the error:
Error in post-command-hook (org-add-log-note): (error "Variable binding depth exceeds ...
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How to prevent Emacs from opening error buffer
I got someone ask this question:
How can I prevent errors that should really just be a bell or flashing
screen not open a window with an error?
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Emacs flickers when I run certain commands (gif screencast included)
After I did an overhaul of my .emacs file yesterday (adding/removing packages, organizing, etc.), I'm left with an annoying screen flicker. It happens when I move the cursor to the edge of the buffer ...
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How to gracefully handle errors in init file
I would like a way to catch errors when running my init file, and then handle them gracefully. A lot of my most important customizations and keybindings show up at the end of my init file to make sure ...
