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From: Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it>
Subject: Re: Bug: Attempt to export buffer with invalid #+BEGIN_SRC fails
 with cryptic message [6.36trans]
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:38:07 +0200
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Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@no8wireless.co.nz> writes:

> Attempting to export a buffer with a #+BEGIN_SRC block with no language
> specified 

Well in the manual (Literal examples) it is written that: 

 This is done with the `src' block,

 where you also need to specify the name of the major mode
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 that should be used to fontify the example:

(underline is mine)

> (i.e. an argumentless #+BEGIN_SRC block) fails with the
> message "apply: Wrong type argument: consp, nil".  This is rather
> cryptic; it would be nice if Org-publish could say where it failed even
> if not why it failed.

reading the manual could be a first good option; 
asking the list a second.

Cheers,
Giovanni