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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Michael Gilbert <mcg@gilbert.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:12:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6C7C00A2-6F4B-42D6-95A2-CED113244AFB@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3CE9E7E9-825D-4CF6-A734-F750A20F1E8D@gilbert.org>

Ouch,

I *did* find a big bug there, so I hope this problem will disappear now,
one you have upgraded to the latest git version...

- Carsten

On Aug 3, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I have more information on this error. I think I've traced it down  
> to whether the command is actually killing the current element in  
> the first place.
>
> I had a clipboard management function working in Quicksilver and got  
> rid of that in order to test this better. I got an error on  
> refiling, but it was a different error this time. One about the  
> element being empty, IIRC.
>
> Am I misunderstanding refile? Do I have to do more than have the  
> cursor on the line to be moved?
>
> And is there a way I can further backtrace this so that it might be  
> useful for troubleshooting by others? Or screencast the error so you  
> can see I am not making this up? I am  enamored of orgmode now, but  
> I'm on the verge of abandoning it because I have a notes file from  
> which I cannot conveniently refile tasks and it's becoming  
> unmanageable.
>
> -- Michael
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 26,2009, at 1:14 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> I am unable to reproduce this problem.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>> On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>>>> I am a noob - drawn to the alien world of Emacs (from my  
>>>>> familiar Mac environment) by OrgMode. I am uncertain enough that  
>>>>> I don't rightly know if this is best described as an OrgMode  
>>>>> error or an Emacs error. Most likely a human error, I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using last night's Aquamacs build: GNU Emacs 23.0.94.1  
>>>>> (i386-apple-darwin9.7.0, NS apple-appkit-949.46)
>>>>> of 2009-06-23 on BRAEBURN.PSY.CMU.EDU - Aquamacs Distribution  
>>>>> 2.0dev. Org-mode 6.21b.
>>>>>
>>>>> In OrgMode, I am trying to learn to refile tasks. I use C-c C-w  
>>>>> on a TODO item in a notes file. It goes through the process of  
>>>>> allowing me to select the destination for the item. But then it  
>>>>> throws an error - "Kill is not a (set of) trees" etc - every  
>>>>> time. Doesn't kill the TODO and obviously doesn't yank it to the  
>>>>> new location.
>>>>
>>>> Are you selecting a region before calling the command? That  
>>>> region might be not a valid tree.
>>>
>>> I have done this with the point (that's the emacs word for cursor,  
>>> right?) in a TODO item. I have done it with the entire item  
>>> selected as a region.
>>>
>>> I am happy to backtrace this or test in whatever way is needed. I  
>>> knew I was getting into something complex here.
>
>
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-05 10:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-24  5:44 Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees Michael Gilbert
2009-06-25  4:45 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-25 17:42   ` Michael Gilbert
2009-06-26  8:14     ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-03 18:33       ` Michael Gilbert
2009-08-04 15:17         ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-05  5:39           ` Chris Mann
2009-08-05  9:27             ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-05 10:33             ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-15  6:39             ` Michael Gilbert
2009-08-15  7:04               ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-15  7:45                 ` Michael Gilbert
2009-08-15 10:57                   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-15 12:13                     ` Stefan Vollmar
2009-08-15 12:26                       ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-15 16:15                       ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-15 16:16                         ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-15 22:04                         ` Thank you, Carsten, others (was: Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees) Michael Gilbert
2010-02-15 15:16                         ` Org-mode related bug reintroduced in Aquamacs " Michael Gilbert
2010-02-16  4:53                           ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-04 15:18         ` Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees Carsten Dominik
2009-08-05 10:12         ` Carsten Dominik [this message]

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