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Subject: Re: ediff problems in 20.2-b6 (It worked with 20.2-b4)
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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 18 May 1997 09:12:58 +0200
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Ricardo Marek <ricky@ornet.co.il> writes:

> After loading the two files with XEmacs 20.2-b6,
> I run ediff and get:
> 
>    Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

Ricardo, whenever you get an error that makes Emacs go "beep", try
setting `debug-on-error' to t (e.g. via `M-x customize-variable' :-)
and send us the backtrace you get.

Off the top of my mind, I think this might be related to having a `::' 
in your PATH.  BTW, does anyone know *why* is `parse-colon-path' such
an abomination?

(parse-colon-path "ab::cd:e:")
  => ("ab/" nil "cd/" "e/" nil)

What's wrong with:

(defun my-parse-colon-path (path)
  (split-string path ":"))

(my-parse-colon-path "ab::cd:e:")
  => ("ab" "" "cd" "e" "")

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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