Re: [Orgmode] Refile error - Kill is not a (set of) trees

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 3, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I have more information on this error. I think I've traced it down  
> to whether the command is actually killing the current element in  
> the first place.
>
> I had a clipboard management function working in Quicksilver and got  
> rid of that in order to test this better. I got an error on  
> refiling, but it was a different error this time. One about the  
> element being empty, IIRC.
>
> Am I misunderstanding refile? Do I have to do more than have the  
> cursor on the line to be moved?

No, this is exactly everything you need to do.

- Carsten

> And is there a way I can further backtrace this so that it might be  
> useful for troubleshooting by others? Or screencast the error so you  
> can see I am not making this up? I am  enamored of orgmode now, but  
> I'm on the verge of abandoning it because I have a notes file from  
> which I cannot conveniently refile tasks and it's becoming  
> unmanageable.
>
> -- Michael
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 26,2009, at 1:14 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
> > I am unable to reproduce this problem.
> >
> > - Carsten
> >
> > On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> >
> > > > > I am a noob - drawn to the alien world of Emacs (from my  
> > > > > familiar Mac environment) by OrgMode. I am uncertain enough that  
> > > > > I don't rightly know if this is best described as an OrgMode  
> > > > > error or an Emacs error. Most likely a human error, I guess.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using last night's Aquamacs build: GNU Emacs 23.0.94.1  
> > > > > (i386-apple-darwin9.7.0, NS apple-appkit-949.46)
> > > > > of 2009-06-23 on BRAEBURN.PSY.CMU.EDU - Aquamacs Distribution  
> > > > > 2.0dev. Org-mode 6.21b.
> > > > >
> > > > > In OrgMode, I am trying to learn to refile tasks. I use C-c C-w  
> > > > > on a TODO item in a notes file. It goes through the process of  
> > > > > allowing me to select the destination for the item. But then it  
> > > > > throws an error - "Kill is not a (set of) trees" etc - every  
> > > > > time. Doesn't kill the TODO and obviously doesn't yank it to the  
> > > > > new location.
> > > >
> > > > Are you selecting a region before calling the command? That  
> > > > region might be not a valid tree.
> > >
> > > I have done this with the point (that's the emacs word for cursor,  
> > > right?) in a TODO item. I have done it with the entire item  
> > > selected as a region.
> > >
> > > I am happy to backtrace this or test in whatever way is needed. I  
> > > knew I was getting into something complex here.
>
>
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