bug#14418: 24.3; TAB key seems don't work fine with GNU Makefile

[Orlando Iovino]

When I compile with *Tools > Compile ...* and then I press TAB for
auto completation of a target name, in the minibuffer appears:

apply: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

Is it a bug?

Best regards,
Orlando Iovino


In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'

Important settings:
value of $LANG: ITA
locale-coding-system: cp1252
default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: GNUmakefile

Minor modes in effect:
show-paren-mode: t
global-linum-mode: t
linum-mode: t
cua-mode: t
global-hl-line-mode: t
tabbar-mwheel-mode: t
tabbar-mode: t
shell-dirtrack-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
size-indication-mode: t
column-number-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
SPC w i t h SPC T A B SPC k e y SPC s e m m d <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> e m s SPC d o n t <backspace>
' t SPC w o r k <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> d o n ' t <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> SPC n o t <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> n ' t SPC w o r k s <backspace>
SPC f i n e <kp-enter> <help-echo> <wheel-down> <wheel-down>
<wheel-down> <double-wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down>
<wheel-down> <double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<wheel-down> <wheel-down> <double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<wheel-down> <double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <wheel-down> <double-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<wheel-down> <double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <wheel-up> <double-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up>
<triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up>
<triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up>
<triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up>
<triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up>
<triple-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> C-x k <kp-enter>
y e s <kp-enter> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <emacs-known-problems>
<wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down>
<double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down> <wheel-down>
<double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <wheel-down> <double-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down> <wheel-down>
<wheel-down> <wheel-down> <double-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <wheel-down> <double-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down> <triple-wheel-down>
<triple-wheel-down> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <tool-bar> <kill-buffer> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <tools> <gdb> <kp-enter>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <tool-bar> <kill-buffer> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <f5> a <tab> l l <kp-enter> <help-echo>
C-x C-s C-x <kp-1> <f5> <kp-enter> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <se
nd-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
byte-code: End of buffer [2 times]
byte-code: Beginning of buffer [6 times]
View mode: type C-h for help, h for commands, q to quit.
apply: Searching for program: permission denied, gdb
apply: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
(No files need saving)
Compilation finished
(No changes need to be saved)
(No files need saving)
Compilation finished

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c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-timer hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-timer
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-table hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-table
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c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-feed hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-feed
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-faces hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-faces
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-eshell hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-eshell
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-entities hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-entities
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-element hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-element
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-docview hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-docview
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-datetree hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-datetree
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-ctags hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-ctags
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-crypt hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-crypt
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-compat hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-compat
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c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-clock hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-clock
c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/org-capture hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/org-capture
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c:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp/org/ob hides c:/Program Files/Emacs/lisp/org/ob
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[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Orlando Iovino <orlando...@yahoo.it>
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 21:20:39 +0200

>
> When I compile with *Tools > Compile ...* and then I press TAB for
> auto completation of a target name, in the minibuffer appears:
>
> apply: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

I cannot reproduce this. Do you see this in "emacs -Q"? If so,
please tell what is the major mode in the current buffer when you
invoke this command.

If you don't see this in "emacs -Q", there's some customization in
your .emacs init file that causes this; look for "compile" or
"compilation" in your .emacs for possible culprits.

[Glenn Morris]

Orlando Iovino wrote:

> apply: Searching for program: permission denied, gdb

What's happening here?

[Orlando Iovino]

Thank you for the reply.

I send the the follow email to Eli Zaretskii:

> Thank you for the reply.
>
> In my .emacs file I have some customization. With a "divide at impera"
> procedure I found that the "culprit" is the line
>
> (shell-command-completion-mode 1)
>
> shell-command.el is a file of *emacs-goodies-el* that I have downloaded
> from http://packages.debian.org/it/sid/emacs-goodies-el.
>
> Thanks you so much,
> Orlando Iovino

Thank you so much.

--
Orlando Iovino

[Glenn Morris]

Orlando Iovino wrote:

>> In my .emacs file I have some customization. With a "divide at impera"
>> procedure I found that the "culprit" is the line
>>
>> (shell-command-completion-mode 1)
>>
>> shell-command.el is a file of *emacs-goodies-el* that I have downloaded
>> from http://packages.debian.org/it/sid/emacs-goodies-el.

Thanks. So you should either stop using that package, or report the
problem to whoever maintains it (since it is not part of Emacs).

[Orlando Iovino]

Ok, thanks for the help.

Orlando Iovino

--
Orlando Iovino