Re: [O] invalid property drawer and C-c C-x p

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Nicolas Richard <address@hidden> writes:

> Sometimes I apparently manage to corrupt my org files by having an
> unfinished drawers in them. Of course this is wrong and I should
> investigate, but if it happens, hitting C-c C-x p leads to a useless
> error (Wrong type argument: integer-or-marker-p, nil). I suggest to
> following patch for a better error:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index adfbeaa..4489287 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -15612,6 +15612,8 @@ formats in the current buffer."
>       (goto-char (point-min))
>       (while (re-search-forward org-property-start-re nil t)
>         (setq range (org-get-property-block))
> +       (when (not range)
> +         (error "Invalid property block in buffer %s at position %d" 
> (current-buffer) (point)))
>         (goto-char (car range))
>         (while (re-search-forward org-property-re
>                 (cdr range) t)

AFAICT, a similar mechanism is already implemented in master.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou