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23.2.50; woman2-process-escapes: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil

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From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.2.50;
	woman2-process-escapes: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:59:55 +0200

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WoMan signals an error on the attached pam.conf(5) manpage.  Here is a
backtrace:

,----
| Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p nil)
|   insert-before-markers-and-inherit(nil)
|   woman2-process-escapes(#<marker (moves after insertion) at 77 in *WoMan 5 pam.conf*> numeric)
|   woman2-sp(#<marker (moves after insertion) at 78 in *WoMan 5 pam.conf*>)
|   woman2-roff-buffer()
|   woman-decode-region(1 16377)
|   woman-decode-buffer()
|   woman-process-buffer()
|   woman-really-find-file("/usr/share/man/man5/pam.conf.5.gz" t "*WoMan 5 pam.conf*")
|   woman-find-file("/usr/share/man/man5/pam.conf.5.gz")
|   woman(nil nil)
|   call-interactively(woman nil nil)
`----

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woman2-process-escapes: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil
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Message #8 received at 6849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 6849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6849: 23.2.50;
	woman2-process-escapes: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:02:59 -0400

Try this:

*** lisp/woman.el	2010-07-14 15:57:54 +0000
--- lisp/woman.el	2010-08-16 23:59:21 +0000
***************
*** 3388,3394 ****
    "Translate up to marker TO.  Do this last of all transformations."
    (if translations
        (let ((matches (car translations))
! 	    (alist (cdr translations)))
  	(while (re-search-forward matches to t)
  	  ;; Done like this to retain text properties and
  	  ;; support translation of special characters:
--- 3388,3397 ----
    "Translate up to marker TO.  Do this last of all transformations."
    (if translations
        (let ((matches (car translations))
! 	    (alist (cdr translations))
! 	    ;; Translations are case-sensitive, eg ".tr ab" does not
! 	    ;; affect "A" (bug#6849).
! 	    (case-fold-search nil))
  	(while (re-search-forward matches to t)
  	  ;; Done like this to retain text properties and
  	  ;; support translation of special characters:

Message #11 received at 6849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6849: 23.2.50;
	woman2-process-escapes: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:39:55 +0200

On 2010-08-17 02:02 +0200, Glenn Morris wrote:

> Try this:
>
> *** lisp/woman.el	2010-07-14 15:57:54 +0000
> --- lisp/woman.el	2010-08-16 23:59:21 +0000
> ***************
> *** 3388,3394 ****
>     "Translate up to marker TO.  Do this last of all transformations."
>     (if translations
>         (let ((matches (car translations))
> ! 	    (alist (cdr translations)))
>   	(while (re-search-forward matches to t)
>   	  ;; Done like this to retain text properties and
>   	  ;; support translation of special characters:
> --- 3388,3397 ----
>     "Translate up to marker TO.  Do this last of all transformations."
>     (if translations
>         (let ((matches (car translations))
> ! 	    (alist (cdr translations))
> ! 	    ;; Translations are case-sensitive, eg ".tr ab" does not
> ! 	    ;; affect "A" (bug#6849).
> ! 	    (case-fold-search nil))
>   	(while (re-search-forward matches to t)
>   	  ;; Done like this to retain text properties and
>   	  ;; support translation of special characters:

Thanks, this patch helps.

Cheers,
       Sven

Message #16 received at 6849-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 6849-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6849: 23.2.50;
	woman2-process-escapes: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, nil
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:47:27 -0400

Installed in emacs23.

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