>>>>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:05:44 -0700, Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
Jim> In Emacs 20.7 running under Debian GNU/linux `testing' (kernel Jim> version 2.4.6), I have an intermittent but annoying problem. Jim> Under two kinds of circumstance, I get the generic and Jim> mysterious error-message: Jim> Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, (+ -4) Jim> This happens (i) when I try to do filename completion with Jim> `visit-file' or `dired' Jim> or (ii) when I call `switch-to-buffer-in-another-frame' Jim> (C-x 5 b). Jim> It happens only occasionally, though, and I can always fix it by Jim> exiting the emacs session and restarting. I don't know how to Jim> reproduce the behaviour reliably, but I can be sure that it will Jim> happen ultimately if the emacs session is long enough. Jim> Does anyone know how I might trace this problem to its origins? Jim> Or solve it? Thanks very much in advance, Likely setting the var debug-on-error to t will give you a backtrace (I'm xemacs guy and it works there). Jim -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://jimdres.home.mindspring.com | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach
