From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joseph Buchignani Subject: Vague, difficult to trace error on malformed habits Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:11:18 +0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1979279588==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33272 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OtcEk-0004Pw-Hs for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:12:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtcEj-00044e-77 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:12:02 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:46764) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtcEj-00044E-36 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:12:01 -0400 Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so1249775wwb.30 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:11:59 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --===============1979279588== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6dab1781ca208048fcf2f81 --0016e6dab1781ca208048fcf2f81 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Org-Mode, Today I receved the "stringp, nil" error when attempting to generate my agenda buffer. By a process of gradually eliminating all the text in my org buffer and retesting, I eventually traced the error to a habit TODO item that I'd forgotten to give a repeating scheduled date. It was scheduled and had a small history, but the ".+1d" was missing. I added this and the agenda started working again. Obviously I don't want to do this every time I forget to add recurrence to a habit. Since I know what I'm looking for now I can search for a scheduled tag for today's date that's missing recurrence. However, other people may run into this error, be unable to reverse it due to a more complicated setup or whatever, and essentially have a broken org-mode. It would be great if the error were more verbose. I read in the mailing lists that a newer version of org-mode gives an informative error. I am using 7.01h, which is the current stable version. Were they referring to a development version? Thanks, JB -- Ignore the following. It is a nonsense sentence that disables Google ads from displaying next to my emails by triggering sensitive keywords. I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath. --0016e6dab1781ca208048fcf2f81 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Org-Mode,

Today I receved the "stringp, nil" error when= attempting to generate my agenda buffer.

By a process of gradually= eliminating all the text in my org buffer and retesting, I eventually trac= ed the error to a habit TODO item that I'd forgotten to give a repeatin= g scheduled date. It was scheduled and had a small history, but the ".= +1d" was missing. I added this and the agenda started working again. <= br>
Obviously I don't want to do this every time I forget to add recurr= ence to a habit. Since I know what I'm looking for now I can search for= a scheduled tag for today's date that's missing recurrence.

However, other people may run into this error, be unable to reverse it = due to a more complicated setup or whatever, and essentially have a broken = org-mode. It would be great if the error were more verbose.

I read = in the mailing lists that a newer version of org-mode gives an informative = error. I am using 7.01h, which is the current stable version. Were they ref= erring to a development version?

Thanks,
JB

--
Ignore the following. It is a= nonsense sentence that disables Google ads from displaying next to my emai= ls by triggering sensitive keywords.

I enjoy the massacre of ads. T= his sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath.
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