From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: capture problem Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:15:30 -1000 Message-ID: References: <80pqf6pfkd.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RivbA-0001yG-TZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:15:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rivb9-00078d-IS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:15:48 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:36914) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rivb9-00078Z-9s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:15:47 -0500 Received: from public by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rivb8-0002sN-52 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:15:46 +0100 In-Reply-To: <80pqf6pfkd.fsf@somewhere.org> (Sebastien Vauban's message of "Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:35:46 +0100") 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: Sebastien Vauban Cc: public-emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@plane.gmane.org "Sebastien Vauban" writes: > Hi Thomas, > > Thomas S. Dye wrote: >> I'm sometimes running into this error message when I capture: >> >> condition-case: Capture abort: (quit pasteboard doesn't contain valid data) >> >> Unfortunately, this doesn't mean anything to me. The problem arises >> after I've been working for a while, but I haven't an idea why it >> starts, or any clue to what might trigger it. >> >> I realize this isn't much to go on, and a long way from an ECM, but I >> don't know what to do. Any ideas on how to track this down will be >> appreciated. >> >> I'm using Org-mode version 7.8.02 (release_7.8.02.13.g0c09a.dirty). > > Yesterday, with yesterday's update, I've as well have had something similar: > capture refused to work, after well having worked previously -- in the same > Emacs instance --, and launched me a cryptic reason. > > Though, the reason was not the same as yours. Maybe because I'm on Windows? > > Anyway, I should have noted down the message. I just restarted Emacs then, and > did not experience any other problem with the capture process. > > I'll keep you posted otherwise. > > Best regards, > Seb Aloha all, I'm still running into this error. I've found that I don't have to stop emacs and restart. All I have to do is copy a bit of text and then run capture. This seems to work every time. Presumably, the text copy causes the pasteboard to contain valid data. I still don't know how the pasteboard gets invalid data in the first place. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com