From: M <Elwood151@web.de>
To: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net>
Subject: Re: user-error: :END: line missing at position 3413
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 07:03:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CEFFD7B9.1AA65%Elwood151@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140117233315.04106f91@london>
> Von: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net>
> Datum: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:33:15 +0000
> An: <Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
> Betreff: [O] user-error: :END: line missing at position 3413
>
> I've updated my emacs to 'Emacs 24.3.50.1' 2014-01-01 on prometheus,
> modified by Debian, and updated org from ELPA.
>
> But now I cant get it to load because it always shows
> 'user-error: :END: line missing at position 3413'. I asked about it on
> #emacs on IRC, and was told this is something to do with org-mode. So,
> can you help me track it down please?
Hi Sharon,
I had the same problem several times. Somehow, I seemed to have deleted the
:END: line of a Log Drawer in org-mode.
It recently helped me to start Emacs with the debug-init option like this:
emacs --debug-init
Then in the Messages log, I found a trace to the corresponding org-file and
then after opening the file in a buffer you can jump to the line where the
problem occurs with
M-x goto-char
3413 (in your case)
There were 2 other solutions proposed which I have not tested yet (see
attached messages below).
Kind regards
Martin
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> Von: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
> Datum: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:52:31 +0100
> An: Martin Beck <elwood151@web.de>
> Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
> Betreff: Re: File mode specification error: (error ":END: line missing at
> position 63362")
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> maybe you can use this helper function:
>
> (defun bzg-find-corrupted-property-drawers ()
> "Find corrupted property drawers."
> (interactive)
> (let (msgs)
> (save-excursion
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (while (search-forward ":PROPERTIES:" nil t)
> (let ((search-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t))))
> (if (not (search-forward ":END:" search-end t))
> (push (format "Missing :END: at %d in %s\n"
> (point) (buffer-name))
> msgs)))))
> (if (not msgs)
> (message "No corrupted property drawers")
> (switch-to-buffer-other-window " *Org missing :END:")
> (mapcar 'insert msgs))))
>
> A bit rought at the edges, but perhaps useful.
>
> --
> Bastien
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------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht
> Von: Brian Wood <bwood@berkeley.edu>
> Organisation: UC Berkeley
> Datum: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:12:56 -0800
> An: <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
> Betreff: Re: [O] [OT]: Search for missing :END:
>
> I just found a few of these errors in *Messages* and since I have > 20
> .org files, I used this approach
>
> cd ~/orgmode
>
> # this gives me the byte offset & the filename for each matching line
> grep -br 'CLOCK: ' * > ~/tmp/org-missing-end.txt
>
> #this searches within a few bytes of the byte offset reported by emacs
> grep -E ":3007.:" ~/tmp/org-missing-end.txt
>
> Searching within a few bytes was not necessary. In my case I found a
> ":CLOCK:" string at the byte-offset in the error message.
>
> --
> Brian Wood
> Applications Programmer
> UC Berkeley IST
>
>
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