Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[mwnn]

Hi all,
     I added the following lines to my .emacs file to enable task 
clocking across emacs sessions:

     (setq org-clock-persist 'history)
     (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)

Now i am unable to quit Emacs with C-x C-c command. I get the following 
error message:

     Saving file /home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el...
     make-backup-file-name-1: Wrong type argument: stringp, (".~")

Regards,
mwnn

Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[Noorul Islam]

On Saturday, October 23, 2010, mwnn <mwnnlin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>     I added the following lines to my .emacs file to enable task clocking across emacs sessions:
>
>     (setq org-clock-persist 'history)
>     (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
>
> Now i am unable to quit Emacs with C-x C-c command. I get the following error message:
>
>     Saving file /home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el...
>     make-backup-file-name-1: Wrong type argument: stringp, (".~")
>

Can you get us a traceback of this?

(setq debug-on-error t)

and then try to quit emacs. It should show some traceback information.
Post it here.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul

Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[mwnn]

The call trace is as shown below:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp (".~"))
   expand-file-name((".~") "/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/")
   make-backup-file-name-1("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
   find-backup-file-name("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
   backup-buffer()
   basic-save-buffer-2()
   basic-save-buffer-1()
   basic-save-buffer()
   save-buffer()
   org-clock-save()
   run-hooks(kill-emacs-hook)
   kill-emacs()
   save-buffers-kill-emacs(nil)
   save-buffers-kill-terminal(nil)
   call-interactively(save-buffers-kill-terminal nil nil)

Regards,
mwnn

On 10/24/2010 08:51 AM, Noorul Islam wrote:
> On Saturday, October 23, 2010, mwnn <mwnnlin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>    I added the following lines to my .emacs file to enable task 
>> clocking across emacs sessions:
>>
>>    (setq org-clock-persist 'history)
>>    (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
>>
>> Now i am unable to quit Emacs with C-x C-c command. I get the 
>> following error message:
>>
>>    Saving file /home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el...
>>    make-backup-file-name-1: Wrong type argument: stringp, (".~")
>>
>
> Can you get us a traceback of this?
>
> (setq debug-on-error t)
>
> and then try to quit emacs. It should show some traceback information.
> Post it here.
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Noorul
>

Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[Noorul Islam]

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:54 AM, mwnn <mwnnlin@gmail.com> wrote:
> The call trace is as shown below:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp (".~"))
>  expand-file-name((".~") "/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/")
>  make-backup-file-name-1("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
>  find-backup-file-name("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
>  backup-buffer()
>  basic-save-buffer-2()
>  basic-save-buffer-1()
>  basic-save-buffer()
>  save-buffer()
>  org-clock-save()
>  run-hooks(kill-emacs-hook)
>  kill-emacs()
>  save-buffers-kill-emacs(nil)
>  save-buffers-kill-terminal(nil)
>  call-interactively(save-buffers-kill-terminal nil nil)
>

What is the value of backup-directory-alist?

C-h v backup-directory-alist

I think it should be an alist.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul

Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[mwnn]

I fixed the issue by setting the value of backup-directory-alist as 
shown below:

(setq backup-directory-alist '((".~" . "./.emacs.d/")))

Thanks for your support,
mwnn

On 10/24/2010 09:17 AM, Noorul Islam wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:54 AM, mwnn<mwnnlin@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> The call trace is as shown below:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp (".~"))
>>   expand-file-name((".~") "/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/")
>>   make-backup-file-name-1("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
>>   find-backup-file-name("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
>>   backup-buffer()
>>   basic-save-buffer-2()
>>   basic-save-buffer-1()
>>   basic-save-buffer()
>>   save-buffer()
>>   org-clock-save()
>>   run-hooks(kill-emacs-hook)
>>   kill-emacs()
>>   save-buffers-kill-emacs(nil)
>>   save-buffers-kill-terminal(nil)
>>   call-interactively(save-buffers-kill-terminal nil nil)
>>
>
> What is the value of backup-directory-alist?
>
> C-h v backup-directory-alist
>
> I think it should be an alist.
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Noorul
>

Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[Eric S Fraga]

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:15:55 +0530, mwnn <mwnnlin@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I fixed the issue by setting the value of backup-directory-alist as
> shown below:
> 
> (setq backup-directory-alist '((".~" . "./.emacs.d/")))

I'm not sure I understand this correctly but shouldn't the first entry
be a regex file pattern?   This would only appear to match files with
a single character followed by ~?

According to the documentation for that variable, if you want all
files going to the specified directory (which in your case will be
relative to the original file's location), maybe you want ".*" as the
file regex?

eric

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Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking

[mwnn]

Changed the line to

(setq backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "./.emacs.d/")))

Regards,
mwnn

On 10/24/2010 03:46 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:15:55 +0530, mwnn <mwnnlin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I fixed the issue by setting the value of backup-directory-alist as
>> shown below:
>>
>> (setq backup-directory-alist '((".~" . "./.emacs.d/")))
>
> I'm not sure I understand this correctly but shouldn't the first entry
> be a regex file pattern? This would only appear to match files with
> a single character followed by ~?
>
> According to the documentation for that variable, if you want all
> files going to the specified directory (which in your case will be
> relative to the original file's location), maybe you want ".*" as the
> file regex?
>
> eric