Re: org-columns-compile-format: Wrong type argument: stringp, 1

[Sharon Kimble]

>> I am having great difficulty, in fact its impossible, to send an email
>> or newsgroup posting. Whenever I try I get this showing in the
>> mini-buffer -

>> ╭────
>> │org-columns-compile-format: Wrong type argument: stringp, 1
>> ╰────

> Whenever you get such an error (e.g. void-function or wrong type
> argument), enable "Options => Enter Debugger on Error", and reproduce
> the problem.  This will give you a backtrace which will make it much
> easier to figure out what's going on.


>        Stefan

Already done and saved! And here it is -

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp 1)
  
string-match("%\\([0-9]+\\)?\\([[:alnum:]_-]+\\)\\(?:(\\([^)]+\\))\\)?\\(?:{\\([^}]+\\)}\\)?\\s-*"
 1 0)
  org-columns-compile-format(1)
  org-columns-get-format(1)
  org-columns(1)
  (lambda nil (org-columns 1))()
  run-hooks(change-major-mode-after-body-hook text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook 
org-mode-hook)
  apply(run-hooks (change-major-mode-after-body-hook text-mode-hook 
outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook))
  run-mode-hooks(org-mode-hook)
  org-mode()
  set-auto-mode-0(org-mode nil)
  #[0 
"\302\242\237\211\205.\211@\303
!\204\304\305\"\210\202'\301\306\240\210\307
\300\"\204'\310\311\312\"\210
A\266\202\202\207"
 [nil (t) ((org-mode)) functionp message "Ignoring unknown mode `%s'" t 
set-auto-mode-0 throw nop nil] 5 "\n\n(fn)"]()
  funcall(#[0 
"\302\242\237\211\205.\211@\303
!\204\304\305\"\210\202'\301\306\240\210\307
\300\"\204'\310\311\312\"\210
A\266\202\202\207"
 [nil (t) ((org-mode)) functionp message "Ignoring unknown mode `%s'" t 
set-auto-mode-0 throw nop nil] 5 "\n\n(fn)"])
  set-auto-mode()
  normal-mode(t)
  after-find-file(nil t)
  find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer organiser.org> "~/.emacs.d/org/organiser.org" 
nil nil "~/.emacs.d/org/organiser.org" (16518364 2049))
  find-file-noselect("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/org/organiser.org")
  desktop-restore-file-buffer("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/org/organiser.org" 
"organiser.org" nil)
  byte-code("  \236A\206\305\n\f#\207" [desktop-buffer-major-mode 
desktop-buffer-mode-handlers desktop-buffer-file-name desktop-buffer-name 
desktop-buffer-misc desktop-restore-file-buffer] 4)
  desktop-create-buffer(206 "/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/org/organiser.org" 
"organiser.org" org-mode (auto-fill-mode abbrev-mode visual-line-mode 
override-global-mode flyspell-mode autopair-mode yas-minor-mode drag-stuff-mode 
global-keys-minor-mode org-indent-mode org2blog/wp-mode TeX-PDF-mode) 4188 (125 
nil) nil nil ((indent-tabs-mode) (buffer-file-coding-system . utf-8-unix) 
(fill-column . 70) (truncate-lines)))
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil 
"/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer 
position 2717
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" 
"/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" t t)
  load("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/desktop/emacs.desktop" t t t)
  desktop-read()
  #[nil "\304\211      \235\203\305 \"\306)\n\205\307 
\210\310\211\207" [key command-line-args desktop-save-mode 
inhibit-startup-screen "--no-desktop" delete nil desktop-read t] 4]()
  run-hooks(after-init-hook)
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()
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But I haven't a clue what it all means!

Thanks
Sharon.
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