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Re: "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"??
From: |
marco . wahl |
Subject: |
Re: "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"?? |
Date: |
28 Aug 2006 00:09:06 -0700 |
User-agent: |
G2/0.2 |
Johs wrote:
> I have an .emacs file that only contains:
>
> (if(string-match "^app"(getenv "HOSTNAME"))
> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode))
>
> But when I start emacs I get the error:
>
> "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"
>
> If I comment out the above two lines I get no error.
> Any ideas?
The part
(getenv "HOSTNAME")
seems to return nil. You can check this by evaluating this part. I
recommend you to refine your code to handle that nil-case.
Possibly it suffices for your case to set the environment-variable
HOSTNAME to the right value.
Best wishes