Subject: RE: [External] : bug#75714: 31.0.50; Empty search string gives error in Customize buffer

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:08:06 +0000

> After emacs -Q do:
> M-x customize-group RET RET
> C-n 3 times, to get to the Search field.
> RET
> 
> This gives an error:
> apropos-parse-pattern: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> 
> It'd be a tiny improvement to message the user instead.

Good catch.

FWIW, this goes back to Emacs 24, when
the Search field was introduced.