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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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: 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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