From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: org-agenda-list (from git) giving "args-out-of-range error" Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:35:54 -0500 Message-ID: <8636.1330468554@alphaville> References: <87vcmq1ui3.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53997) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VeL-0008Fn-8J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:36:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VeI-0005uj-NS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:36:00 -0500 Received: from g4t0015.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.18]:17515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VeI-0005uQ-GT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:35:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from Karl Fogel of "Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:08:20 CST." <87vcmq1ui3.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Karl Fogel Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Karl Fogel wrote: > [please keep me CC'd, as I'm a digest subscriber on this list] > > Suddenly "C-c a a" (`org-agenda-list') has started giving me this error: > > args-out-of-range #(" ots: " 0 14 (org-category ... > > Backtrace attached. This is with today's bleeding edge Org Mode code, > pulled from git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git. > > I think the bug must be content-sensitive, since the only thing that > changed was the content of some of my .org files (the ones listed in > `org-agenda-files'). After encountering the bug, I upgraded to > bleeding-edge org-mode, and saw that the bug reproduces there too. > > I can't find much on the Net about this problem, though this expired > StackOverflow question seems to be the same thing: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9460109/when-i-press-c-c-a-a-to-view-agenda-i-get-a-args-out-of-range-error > > That question is gone from StackOverflow now, but Google's cache still > has it: > > http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QsaNSsILOegJ:stackoverflow.com/questions/9460109/when-i-press-c-c-a-a-to-view-agenda-i-get-a-args-out-of-range-error+emacs+org-mode+agenda+%22args-out-of-range%22&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us > > There are also some reports of org agenda exports failing similarly, but > I'm not doing an export. And there's this, about how blank headlines > cause a similar error: > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/46444 > > Oh, I just found this -- it might be relevant: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/41045/match=agenda+args+out+of+range > > I'll see if I can reproduce what that person found. > > Anyway, I can do Elisp debugging, and will start to do that unless > someone here recognizes this problem and can add some information. > > Backtrace attached below. > > -Karl > > (I had to rectangularly truncate this backtrace to avoid showing > confidential information, sorry, but the call stack is there anyway.) > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (args-out-of-range #(" ots: " 0 14 (org-c > match-string(2 #(" ots: " 0 14 (org-category "ots" tags nil org-highe > (org-get-todo-face (match-string 2 x)) > (list (quote face) (org-get-todo-face (match-string 2 x))) > (add-text-properties (or (match-end 1) (match-end 0)) (match-end 0) (list (qu > (progn (add-text-properties (or (match-end 1) (match-end 0)) (match-end 0) (l > (if (and re (equal (string-match (concat "\\(\\.*\\)" re "\\( +\\)") x (or pl > (when (and re (equal (string-match (concat "\\(\\.*\\)" re "\\( +\\)") x (or > (let ((pl (text-property-any 0 (length x) (quote org-heading) t x))) (setq re > (if (eq x (quote line)) (save-excursion (beginning-of-line 1) (setq re (org-g > (let ((org-done-keywords org-done-keywords-for-agenda) (case-fold-search nil) > org-agenda-highlight-todo(#(" ots: " 0 14 (org-category "ots" tags ni > mapcar(org-agenda-highlight-todo (#(" ots: TODO Karl to check in w/ > (setq list (mapcar (quote org-agenda-highlight-todo) list)) > org-finalize-agenda-entries((#(" ots: TODO Karl to check in w/ Ray n > (insert (org-finalize-agenda-entries (org-agenda-add-time-grid-maybe rtnall n > (if rtnall (insert (org-finalize-agenda-entries (org-agenda-add-time-grid-may > (progn (setq day-cnt (1+ day-cnt)) (insert (if (stringp org-agenda-format-dat > (if (or rtnall org-agenda-show-all-dates) (progn (setq day-cnt (1+ day-cnt)) > (while (setq d (pop day-numbers)) (setq date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolut > (let* ((span (org-agenda-ndays-to-span (or span org-agenda-ndays org-agenda-s > org-agenda-list(nil) > call-interactively(org-agenda-list) > (cond ((setq entry (assoc keys org-agenda-custom-commands)) (if (or (symbolp > (let* ((prefix-descriptions nil) (org-agenda-window-setup (if (equal (buffer- > (catch (quote exit) (let* ((prefix-descriptions nil) (org-agenda-window-setup > org-agenda(nil) > call-interactively(org-agenda nil nil) There have been a couple of recent reports on this problem (headlines with just a timestamp cause this error) in addition to the ones you found: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/52621 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/52786 The first one contains a diagnosis and a (possibly wrong) suggested fix. Nick