Re: gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
Loris Bennett wrote: > So basically the whole hierarchical structure > of the topics seems borked, so I would really > like to throw it away and start anew, as > I only have around a dozen topic. OK, then do what it says in .newsrc.eld and touch(1) .newsrc and see what happens :) (man "touch") -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
Re: gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
Emanuel Berg writes: > Loris Bennett wrote: > >> Here the backtrace when I start Gnus and then >> try to toggle topics [...] >> >> My assumption is that something happened to >> .newsrc and/or .newsrc.eld and that has >> occurred. Is there someway to discard all the >> topic information and start afresh? > > Well, which one do you use? Well I have both. In .newsrc there are just the following two lines: gnu.emacs.gnus: 1-89003 gnu.emacs.help: 1-228165 In .newsrc.eld there is (setq gnus-topic-alist ...) so maybe I could just bin that. > In .newsrc.eld it says > > ;; Never delete this file -- if you want to force Gnus to read the > ;; .newsrc file (if you have one), touch .newsrc instead. > > But that's almost never a good idea. If you > solve the problem by deleting files that have > been populated automatically, what will happen > is what once produced the bug will just do > so again! > > Rather, what hits do you get when you search > all your Emacs init files for "topic"? My init.el just contains (add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-topic-mode) as it has for many a moon. I have fiddled around a bit I can now get topics to show without the 'wrong type argument' error. However, the topics are behaving strangely. If I try to unindent the topic 'FU that is displayed as indented, i.e. as a subtopic, I get the error Nothing to indent Drafts into where 'Drafts' is the topic under which 'FU' currently and incorrectly appears (the amount of indentation makes 'FU' actually look like a subsubtopic of 'Drafts'). Other topics exist, but I can only see them if I explicitly do a 'jump to topic'. If I then fold the parent topics and then try to unfold them, I get a 'no group on current line' at some point. So basically the whole hierarchical structure of the topics seems borked, so I would really like to throw it away and start anew, as I only have around a dozen topic. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction. ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
Re: gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
Loris Bennett wrote: > Here the backtrace when I start Gnus and then > try to toggle topics [...] > > My assumption is that something happened to > .newsrc and/or .newsrc.eld and that has > occurred. Is there someway to discard all the > topic information and start afresh? Well, which one do you use? In .newsrc.eld it says ;; Never delete this file -- if you want to force Gnus to read the ;; .newsrc file (if you have one), touch .newsrc instead. But that's almost never a good idea. If you solve the problem by deleting files that have been populated automatically, what will happen is what once produced the bug will just do so again! Rather, what hits do you get when you search all your Emacs init files for "topic"? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
Re: gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
Emanuel Berg writes:
> Loris Bennett wrote:
>
>> Does any one know what could be causing this
>> error:
>>
>> gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type
>> argument: number-or-marker-p,
>> nil
>
> I don't have that as a function but it means it
> expects an argument that is accepted by the
> `number-or-marker-p' test, and now what it gets
> is nil which doesn't pass.
>
> This most often doesn't happen because some
> complete lamer is sending it nil and expect it
> to work, but rather some symbol is passed that
> most often makes sense, only right now it isn't
> set, or set incorrectly/unexpectedly to nil.
Here the backtrace when I start Gnus and then try to toggle topics
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p nil)
insert(nil)
(progn (insert name) (point))
(gnus-add-text-properties (point) (progn (insert name) (point)) (cons (quote
face) (cons (list (quote bold) (quote default)) (quote (gnus-face t)
(progn (gnus-add-text-properties (point) (progn (insert name) (point)) (cons
(quote face) (cons (list (quote bold) (quote default)) (quote (gnus-face t)
(point))
(gnus-put-text-property (point) (progn (gnus-add-text-properties (point)
(progn (insert name) (point)) (cons (quote face) (cons (list (quote bold)
(quote default)) (quote (gnus-face t) (point)) gnus-mouse-face-prop
gnus-mouse-face)
(progn (insert indentation "[ ") (gnus-put-text-property (point) (progn
(gnus-add-text-properties (point) (progn (insert name) (point)) (cons (quote
face) (cons (list (quote bold) (quote default)) (quote (gnus-face t)
(point)) gnus-mouse-face-prop gnus-mouse-face) (insert (format " -- %d ]%s\n"
total-number-of-articles visible)))
eval((progn (insert indentation "[ ") (gnus-put-text-property (point) (progn
(gnus-add-text-properties (point) (progn (insert name) (point)) (cons (quote
face) (cons (list (quote bold) (quote default)) (quote (gnus-face t)
(point)) gnus-mouse-face-prop gnus-mouse-face) (insert (format " -- %d ]%s\n"
total-number-of-articles visible
gnus-topic-insert-topic-line(nil t t 1 nil 0)
gnus-topic-prepare-topic(((nil visible)) 1 5 nil nil 1 nil)
gnus-topic-prepare-topic((("Gnus" visible nil nil) (("Drafts" visible nil
nil)) (("FU" visible nil nil) (("Exchange" invisible nil nil) (("General"
invisible nil nil) (("Unix" invisible nil nil))) (("Work" invisible nil nil)
(("Old org structure" invisible nil nil)) (("Archive" invisible nil nil)))
(("Private" invisible nil nil))) (("Gmail" invisible nil nil)) (("GMX"
invisible nil nil))) (("Newsgroups" visible nil nil) (("Emacs" visible nil
nil)) (("HPC" visible nil nil))) (("Mail" invisible nil nil)) ((nil visible)))
0 5 nil nil 1 nil)
gnus-group-prepare-topics(5 nil nil)
gnus-group-list-groups(nil)
#[nil "\204 \204 \306 \207\307\310!\210\311\n!\f\204
gnus-1(nil nil nil)
gnus(nil)
funcall-interactively(gnus nil)
call-interactively(gnus record nil)
command-execute(gnus record)
execute-extended-command(nil "gnus" "gnus")
funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "gnus" "gnus")
call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
command-execute(execute-extended-command)
recursive-edit()
debug()
funcall-interactively(debug)
call-interactively(debug record nil)
command-execute(debug record)
execute-extended-command(nil "debug" "debu")
funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "debug" "debu")
call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
command-execute(execute-extended-command)
My assumption is that something happened to .newsrc and/or .newsrc.eld
and that has occurred. Is there someway to discard all the topic
information and start afresh?
Cheers,
Loris
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Re: gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
Loris Bennett wrote: > Does any one know what could be causing this > error: > > gnus-topic-update-topic-line: Wrong type > argument: number-or-marker-p, > nil I don't have that as a function but it means it expects an argument that is accepted by the `number-or-marker-p' test, and now what it gets is nil which doesn't pass. This most often doesn't happen because some complete lamer is sending it nil and expect it to work, but rather some symbol is passed that most often makes sense, only right now it isn't set, or set incorrectly/unexpectedly to nil. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
