Subject: 23.0.60; internal-set-alternative-font-family-alist

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:26:21 +0200

When doing `emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load' for faces.el I am told

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp Monospace)
   internal-set-alternative-font-family-alist(((Monospace courier fixed) (courier fixed) (Sans\ Serif helv helvetica arial fixed) (helv helvetica arial fixed)))
   #[(symbol value) " 	\"  	! " [symbol value set-default internal-set-alternative-font-family-alist] 3](face-font-family-alternatives ((Monospace courier fixed) (courier fixed) (Sans\ Serif helv helvetica arial fixed) (helv helvetica arial fixed)))
   custom-initialize-reset(face-font-family-alternatives (quote (("Monospace" "courier" "fixed") ("courier" "fixed") ("Sans Serif" "helv" "helvetica" "arial" "fixed") ("helv" "helvetica" "arial" "fixed"))))
   custom-declare-variable(face-font-family-alternatives (quote (("Monospace" "courier" "fixed") ("courier" "fixed") ("Sans Serif" "helv" "helvetica" "arial" "fixed") ("helv" "helvetica" "arial" "fixed"))) ("c:/Programme/Emacs-trunk/lisp/faces.elc" . -1675) :tag "Alternative font families to try" :type (repeat (repeat string)) :group font-selection :set #[(symbol value) " 	\"  	! " [symbol value set-default internal-set-alternative-font-family-alist] 3])
   load("c:/Programme/Emacs-trunk/lisp/faces.elc" nil nil t)
   load-file("c:/Programme/Emacs-trunk/lisp/faces.elc")
   emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load()
   call-interactively(emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load nil nil)

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
  of 2008-09-01 on MACHNO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
   value of $LC_ALL: nil
   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
   value of $LC_TIME: nil
   value of $LANG: ENU
   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
   locale-coding-system: cp1252
   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
   eldoc-mode: t
   scroll-restore-mode: t
   regexp-lock-mode: t
   show-paren-mode: t
   tooltip-mode: t
   mouse-wheel-mode: t
   menu-bar-mode: t
   file-name-shadow-mode: t
   global-font-lock-mode: t
   font-lock-mode: t
   global-auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-encryption-mode: t
   auto-compression-mode: t
   temp-buffer-resize-mode: t
   column-number-mode: t
   line-number-mode: t
   transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<M-apps> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <right>
M-+ <select-window> <select-window> <M-S-down> <up>
<S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <S-down>
<S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <S-down>
<S-down> <S-down> <S-down> <insert> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar>
<help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
Compiling c:/Programme/Emacs-trunk/lisp/faces.el...done
Wrote c:/Programme/Emacs-trunk/lisp/faces.elc
Loading c:/Programme/Emacs-trunk/lisp/faces.elc...
Entering debugger...
Mark set