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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com>,
	Charles Cave <charles_cave@optusnet.com.au>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Entering effor estimates in column view of agenda view gives wrong-type-argument stringp, nil
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:00:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7769FA1C-AEEA-4F96-A2E4-FB197C4E0514@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uocybxz34.fsf@bofh.bofh>


On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Manish Sharma wrote:

>>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Cave <charles_cave@optusnet.com.au> writes:
>
> Charles> I recently installed 6.17c org-mode on Windows XP withg GNU
> Charles> Emacs.  When I create an agenda view, switch on column view,
> Charles> then attempt to modify the effort estimate with shift-right
> Charles> arror keys I get an error message Wrong type argument  
> stringp,
> Charles> null.
>
> Charles> I know this was working the other day but I think it was an
> Charles> earlier version of org-mode.
>
> Charles> This is the configuration of my file:
>
> Charles> #+STARTUP: overview #+STARTUP: hidestars #+STARTUP: logdone
> Charles> #+PROPERTY: Effort_ALL 0:10 0:20 0:30 1:00 2:00 4:00 6:00  
> 8:00
> Charles> #+COLUMNS: %40ITEM(Details) %TAGS(Context) %9TODO(To Do)
> Charles> %5Time{:} %6CLOCKSUM{Total} #+PROPERTY: Effort_ALL 0 0:10  
> 0:20
> Charles> 0:30 1:00 2:q00 3:00 4:00 8:00 #+TAGS: { OFFICE(o) HOME(h) }
> Charles> COMPUTER(c) PROJECT(p) READING(r) #+TAGS: DVD(d) WAITING(w)
> Charles> #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) STARTED(s) WAITING(w) APPT(a) | DONE(d)
> Charles> CANCELLED(c) DEFERRED(f)
>
> #+COLUMNS: %40ITEM(Details) %TAGS(Context) %9TODO(To Do) %5Effort{:}  
> %6CLOCKSUM{Total}
>                                                           ^^^^^^
> #+PROPERTY: Effort_ALL 0 0:10 0:20 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 8:00
>                                               ^
>

Thanks Manish,

I have also modified the code to give a better error message in this  
case.

- Carsten



> Two small changes and I hope it should work.
>
> -- 
> Manish
>
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-13  9:58 Entering effor estimates in column view of agenda view gives wrong-type-argument stringp, nil Charles Cave
2009-01-13 10:46 ` Manish Sharma
2009-01-17  8:00   ` Carsten Dominik [this message]

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