From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: How to debug "Specified time is not representable" Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 14:13:02 +0200 Message-ID: <3BED4556-BAB8-40F1-B7D1-0EAE0506D0F9@gmail.com> References: <2011-09-30T16-30-44@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <81lit6rskb.fsf@gmail.com> <2011-10-03T13-48-08@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <81r52tjjb1.fsf@gmail.com> <2011-10-04T13-24-16@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43059) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB3rt-0001u7-S9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:13:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB3rs-0001fU-QZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:13:05 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:33279) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB3rs-0001fL-L3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:13:04 -0400 Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so521353wyf.0 for ; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:13:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2011-10-04T13-24-16@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Oct 4, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Karl Voit wrote: > * Jambunathan K wrote: >>=20 >>>> A simple M-x grep-find on .org files for the year should work. >>>=20 >>> I do not know the year. >>=20 >> That is what regexps are for.=20 > [...] >> It is not my intention to provide you with a outright solution but = only >> to give sufficient hints so that you make progress. >=20 > :-) >=20 > Thanks. I know RegEx perfectly good. Irritating entries could be > located by... >=20 > find . -name "*\.org*"|xargs egrep '<19[0-6]|<20[3-9]' >=20 > ...since I am using *lots* of Orgmode files. >=20 > My point was more or less usability-related: what use is the message > =ABSpecified time is not representable=BB when the user (anybody, not > just RegEx experts like us) gets no clue, where the problem is? >=20 > So I was curious, if there *is* some method I do not know (yet). >=20 > If the answer is =ABno, there is no way of telling you the actual time > stamp that causes the message=BB, my question is answered. Bad for > Emacs/Orgmode usability Fair enough. If you pull, you should now get decent error messages. - Carsten > but fine with me so far. >=20 > So is this really the case? >=20 >>>> You may also try >>>> M-x debug-on-entry RET ding RET >>>> Look at the backtrace and see whether you can get some clues. >>>=20 >>> Sorry, no clue. >>>=20 >>>> Works best if your orgmode is not compiled >>>=20 >>> When I have compiled Orgmode, should I delete all *.elc files? >>=20 >> May be the debug-on-entry is the wrong strategy for the problem at >> hand. You may disregard my suggestion. >=20 > --=20 > Karl Voit >=20 >=20 - Carsten