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elisp errors with filename infarmation

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 53856 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53856: elisp errors with filename infarmation
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:59:23 +0100

goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com> writes:

>> > 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)

If you do what the message says -- use --debug-init -- it'll spit out a
backtrace that will tell you where the error occurs.

So I don't think there's anything much to fix here, and I'm therefore
closing this bug report.

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