GNU bug report logs - #755
23.0.60; ns-cursor-blink-rate: symbol's value as variable is void

Previous Next

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 755 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 755 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Clifford Wulfman <cwulfman <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; ns-cursor-blink-rate: symbol's value as variable is void
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:19:16 -0400

On start-up from a fresh cvs-build, I get an error saying
 Symbol's value as variable is void: ns-cursor-blink-rate



In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.4.0, *Step 9.0)
 of 2008-08-20 on hagen.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 49.46.48
configured using `configure  '--with-ns' '--disable-ns-self-contained''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<escape> x m e s s SPC <backspace> C-g C-x b * M e
SPC <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement>
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement>
<mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> s-c <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-r
eport>

Recent messages:
or: Symbol's value as variable is void: ns-cursor-blink-rate
Quit

Message #12 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
To: Clifford Wulfman <cwulfman <at> gmail.com>, 755 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#755: 23.0.60; ns-cursor-blink-rate: symbol's value as variable is void
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:36:40 -0400

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Thanks for reporting this problem.

On 20 Aug 2008, at 20:19, Clifford Wulfman wrote:

> On start-up from a fresh cvs-build, I get an error saying
> Symbol's value as variable is void: ns-cursor-blink-rate

Can you please start Emacs with "-Q" , e.g. as

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q

... does this still occur?
What happens if you move ~/Library/Preferences/org.gnu.Emacs.plist out  
of the way?

- D

[smime.p7s (application/pkcs7-signature, attachment)]

Message #22 received at 755-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
To: 755-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Fwd: bug#755: 23.0.60; ns-cursor-blink-rate: symbol's value as variable is void
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:40:24 -0400

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Clifford Wulfman <cwulfman <at> gmail.com>
> Date: 22 August 2008 08:13:53 EDT
> To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: bug#755: 23.0.60; ns-cursor-blink-rate: symbol's value  
> as variable is void
>
> David,
>
> 	This problem went away in a new build shortly after I reported it:  
> I've been following the discussion on emacs-devel and I see that  
> there were problems with a patch which were subsequently resolved.   
> Just to make sure, I just now started Emacs with -Q as you ask, and  
> it seems to run fine; ditto with moving org.gnu.Emacs.plist.
>
> 	Thanks for getting back to me, though!  I'm a long-time emacs user  
> and I'm really happy to see this Cocoa implementation reaching  
> maturity -- great work!  Be sure to let me know if there's anything  
> else I can do: my C-coding skills are non-existent, and my Lisp is  
> too rusty for me to be of much use, but I'd be happy to help out if  
> I can be of any service.
>
> --Cliff Wulfman
>
> On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:36 AM, David Reitter wrote:
>
>> Thanks for reporting this problem.
>>
>> On 20 Aug 2008, at 20:19, Clifford Wulfman wrote:
>>
>>> On start-up from a fresh cvs-build, I get an error saying
>>> Symbol's value as variable is void: ns-cursor-blink-rate
>>
>> Can you please start Emacs with "-Q" , e.g. as
>>
>> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q
>>
>> ... does this still occur?
>> What happens if you move ~/Library/Preferences/org.gnu.Emacs.plist  
>> out of the way?
>>
>> - D
>

[smime.p7s (application/pkcs7-signature, attachment)]

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.