From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Gilbert Subject: Re: Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:42:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJsxs-0007zI-IE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJsxr-0007yO-34 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46497 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJsxq-0007yE-SA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:22 -0400 Received: from [74.94.69.218] (port=64932 helo=peach.gilbert.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJsxq-0005dk-8G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:22 -0400 Received: from [10.1.10.26] (unknown [10.1.10.26]) by peach.gilbert.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E5DF73B2104 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:42:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> 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. -- Michael Michael C. Gilbert -- mcg@gilbert.org The Gilbert Center -- http://gilbert.org Nonprofit Online News -- http://nonprofitnews.org "There can be no joy of life without joy of work." -- Aquinas