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Re: Invalid read syntax: ")"
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Jean-Christophe Helary |
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Re: Invalid read syntax: ")" |
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Mon, 7 May 2018 09:14:25 +0900 |
> On May 7, 2018, at 1:03, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com
> <mailto:drew.adams@oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>>>> I have an Invalid read syntax: ")" when I start emacs.
>>>> Any idea how to diagnose that ?
>>>
>>> "emacs --debug-init"
>>> That will at least show you which file the problem is in
>>
>> But what I get is:
>> $ emacs --debug-init
>> Invalid read syntax: ")"
>
> As Oscar suggested, _bisect your init file_ to find the
> culprit. This a binary search, so it is quick, even if
> it does not seem so at first.
I understand what a binary search is, but I was first wondering if among the
hundreds of thousands of functions in emacs, there would not be one that does
the trick. Like actually giving the expression that is not properly closed. If
a manual binary search can do it, surely an automatic binary search (if one
ought to exist) can...
Also, the man page says about emacs --debug-init:
-debug-init
Enable Emacs Lisp debugger during the processing of the user
init file ~/.emacs. This is useful for debugging problems in
the init file.
If the only information it gives in that case is the same as when running
"emacs", I don't find that particularly useful.
Ok, so on with the binary search.
Jean-Christophe Helary
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