GNU bug report logs - #17979
24.3.92; Unhelpful error message with bad mail-user-agent

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:22:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3.92

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.92; Unhelpful error message with bad mail-user-agent
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:21:03 +0200

I just made a typo:

  (setq mail-user-agent 'no-such-user-agent)

If I call compose-mail, I receive the following error message:

  compose-mail: Symbol's function definition is void: nil

Granted, it's a user error, but the error message could be more helpful.

-- Juliusz
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>
Cc: 17979 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17979: 24.3.92;
 Unhelpful error message with bad mail-user-agent
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:06:46 +0200

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> writes:

> I just made a typo:
>
>   (setq mail-user-agent 'no-such-user-agent)
>
> If I call compose-mail, I receive the following error message:
>
>   compose-mail: Symbol's function definition is void: nil
>
> Granted, it's a user error, but the error message could be more helpful.

I've now made the error message more explicit in Emacs 27.1.

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bug closed, send any further explanations to 17979 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:07:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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