From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scott Randby Subject: Re: Update tables 8.3.1 Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:15:57 -0400 Message-ID: <55C68DAD.80300@gmail.com> References: <55C63F40.4050400@gmail.com> <87614p1nt0.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59143) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZODLP-0007RN-EL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:16:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZODLM-0005aT-8L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:16:03 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::234]:37938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZODLM-0005aP-2Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:16:00 -0400 Received: by igfj19 with SMTP id j19so31067377igf.1 for ; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:15:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.109] (cpe-184-56-99-2.neo.res.rr.com. [184.56.99.2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f126sm9984152ioe.21.2015.08.08.16.15.58 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:15:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87614p1nt0.fsf@gmx.us> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 08/08/2015 05:18 PM, Rasmus wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Scott Randby writes: > >> I'm beginning to wonder if upgrading to 8.3.1 is a mistake. I had no >> trouble at all with 8.2.10, but many problems with 8.3.1. My latest >> issue follows. > > We appreciate your bug reports. If you have got the time, please keep > testing Org 8.3 and let us know about errors you find. > >> When I update a table (using C-u C-c *, or C-u C-c C-c, or M-x >> org-table-recalculate), the table doesn't update and I get the following >> error message: >> >> Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, (4) > > I see this as well. > >> I can provide example tables if necessary. > > The example below is sufficient. > >> I tried the example table given in section 3.5.10 of the documentation >> and I get the same error. >> >> |---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------| >> | | Student | Prob 1 | Prob 2 | Prob 3 | Total | Note | >> |---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------| >> | ! | | P1 | P2 | P3 | Tot | | >> | # | Maximum | 10 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 10.0 | >> | ^ | | m1 | m2 | m3 | mt | | >> |---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------| >> | # | Peter | 10 | 8 | 23 | 41 | 8.2 | >> | # | Sam | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1.8 | >> |---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------| >> | | Average | | | | 25.0 | | >> | ^ | | | | | at | | >> | $ | max=50 | | | | | | >> |---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------| >> >> #+TBLFM: $6=vsum($P1..$P3)::$7=10*$Tot/$max;%.1f::$at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f >> >> Error message: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, (6) >> >> I will appreciate any help with this issue. If it can't be fixed, I will >> have to downgrade to 8.2.10. > > Can you try the attached patch? It seems to work on the example from the > manual, but you likely have more straining examples at hand. I applied the patch, and tried it on several tables which have simple and complex formulas. It works on those tables. Thanks for your help. Scott > > Thanks, > Rasmus >