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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

 >> After emacs -Q do:
 >> M-x customize-group RET RET
 >> C-n 3 times, to get to the Search field.
 >> RET
 >>
 >> This gives an error:
 >> apropos-parse-pattern: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
 >>
 >> It'd be a tiny improvement to message the user instead.
 >
 > Good catch.

Thanks Drew.  Although it was pure luck: I was trying to improve other
aspects of the editable-field widget.

 > FWIW, this goes back to Emacs 24, when
 > the Search field was introduced.

Let's not let it turn 15 years old.  I attach a patch.