Re: Invalid read syntax: ")"

[Óscar Fuentes]

Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com> writes:

> I have an Invalid read syntax: ")" when I start emacs.
>
> When I do emacs -q and eval-buffer on .emacs.el I get the error again
> but check-parens does not give me anything there, which is the only
> file that I use for customizations.
>
> ...
>
> Any idea how to diagnose that ?

Comment out the last half of your .emacs. If the problem still happens,
comment the last half of the first half, etc. If the the problem does
not happen, un-comment the firt half of the code you just commented-out,
etc.

At the end, you end with an expression that causes the problem.

This is known as a bisection.