Re: Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees

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: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:18:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <285F080A-121A-47EF-933C-20C61F155DEA@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3CE9E7E9-825D-4CF6-A734-F750A20F1E8D@gilbert.org>

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?

No, this is exactly everything you need to do.

- Carsten

>
> 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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