Re: How can I find the source of warnings in *Compile-Log*?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> I'm running CVS Emacs.  I've noticed that whenever I start it, it
> shows me a buffer named *Compile-Log*, whose content is always
>
>     Warning: `error' called with 1 args to fill 0 format field(s)
>     Warning: `error' called with 1 args to fill 0 format field(s)
>     Warning: `error' called with 1 args to fill 0 format field(s)
>     Warning: `error' called with 1 args to fill 0 format field(s)
>
> I can't figure out how to find out what's causing those warnings.
> I've been ignoring them for ages, to no noticeable ill effect, but
> they're starting to annoy me ... any ideas for tracking down their
> cause?

The *Compile-Log* buffer is where byte compiler warnings and error
messages are displayed, so something in your .emacs (or other
initialization files) is byte-compiling some code.  Usually the culprit
is a defadvice form that specifies the compile flag.

Those particular warnings mean there are 4 function calls in the code
being compiled that look like this:

(error "This doesn't contain any percent characters" arg-1)

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Kevin Rodgers