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elisp errors with filename infarmation

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From: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 53856 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53856: elisp errors with filename infarmation
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:01:36 +0000

------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 6:44 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:
> goncholden goncholden <at> protonmail.com writes:
>
> > For instance, I have a file that defines a minor-mode. Introducing an arbitrary
> > string "idi" on a line by itself, I get the following warning

> > Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading
> > ‘/home/hagbard/.emacs’:
> > Symbol's value as variable is void: idi

> > To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
> > cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with
> > the ‘--debug-init’ option to view a complete error backtrace.

> You want Emacs to say that the error was in whatever file you're loading
> instead of where the error appears (which is ~/.emacs, which Emacs
> reports)?

 ~/.emacs launches elisp files using the function typex-launch (which calls additional init files,
minor-modes, modified elisp packages, ...)

For instance, ~/.emacs includes

(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/hagbard/Opstk/bin/typex/")
(load "typex")
(typex-launch)

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