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

[Michael Gilbert <mcg@gilbert.org>]

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.