GNU bug report logs - #22982
25.0.92; Forms Mode seems to fail to open data file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.92

Done: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: 22982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#22982: 25.0.92; Forms Mode seems to fail to open data file
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 13:07:36 +0200

> From: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
> Cc: 22982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:11:20 -0400
> 
> 1.  emacs -Q
> 
> 2.  M-: (custom-set-variables '(major-mode (quote text-mode))) RET
> 
> 3.  M-x forms-find-file RET C-S-backspace ~/test-forms-control-file.el RET
> 
> 
> This recipe results in the error
> 
>     find-file-noselect: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> 
> whereas, if Step 2 is omitted, Forms Mode works correctly.

Thanks, I think I fixed this on the emacs-25 branch.
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