emacs --debug-init output interpretation needed

[Robin Hankin]

Hi guys.

At home, my (noninternet) linux pc gives me the 
attached trace when I run emacs --debug-init.
There is no error when I remove the line that 
says (load 
"/bigdisk/home/rksh/ess-5.2.2/lisp/ess-site")
so I know the problem is not elsewhere in my .emacs file.

Can anyone please interpret the trace information 
below?  I can't understand it.

cheers

Robin







Debugger entered--Lisp error: 
(wrong-type-argument symbolp (&optional 
start-args))
   (defun (&optional start-args) "Call , i.e., the 
R version '' using ESS.\nThis function was 
generated by `ess-r-versions-create'." 
(interactive "P") (let (...) (R start-args)))
   eval-buffer()
   (save-excursion (set-buffer eval-buf) 
(delete-region (point-min) (point-max)) (setq 
versions (mapcar ... ...)) 
(ess-write-to-dribble-buffer (format "(R): 
ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for %s" 
...)) (setq ess-r-versions-created versions) 
(while versions (setq version ... versions ...) 
(setq beg ...) (insert template) (goto-char beg) 
(while ... ...) (goto-char ...)) (eval-buffer) 
(kill-buffer eval-buf))
   (let ((template "") (beg) (versions) (version) 
(eval-buf ...) (ess-r-versions-created)) (setq 
template "(defun R-X.Y (&optional start-args)\n 
\"Call R-X.Y, i.e., the R version 'R-X.Y' using 
ESS.\nThis function was generated by 
`ess-r-versions-create'.\"\n  (interactive 
\"P\")\n  (let ((inferior-R-program-name 
\"R-X.Y\"))\n    (R start-args)))\n\n") 
(save-excursion (set-buffer eval-buf) 
(delete-region ... ...) (setq versions ...) 
(ess-write-to-dribble-buffer ...) (setq 
ess-r-versions-created versions) (while versions 
... ... ... ... ... ...) (eval-buffer) 
(kill-buffer eval-buf)) ess-r-versions-created)
   ess-r-versions-create()
   (setq ess-r-versions-created (ess-r-versions-create))
   (if ess-microsoft-p (progn (setq 
ess-sqpe-versions-created ...) (setq 
ess-rterm-versions ...) (setq 
ess-rterm-versions-created ...)) (setq 
ess-r-versions-created (ess-r-versions-create)))
   (let ((ess-sqpe-versions-created) 
(ess-rterm-versions-created) 
(ess-r-versions-created) (ess-versions-created)) 
(if ess-microsoft-p (progn ... ... ...) (setq 
ess-r-versions-created ...)) (setq 
ess-versions-created (ess-flatten-list ...)) 
(when ess-versions-created (let ... ...)))
   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*<2>> nil 
"/bigdisk/home/rksh/ess-5.2.2/lisp/ess-site" nil 
t)
 
load-with-code-conversion("/bigdisk/home/rksh/ess-5.2.2/lisp/ess-site.el" 
"/bigdisk/home/rksh/ess-5.2.2/lisp/ess-site" nil 
nil)
   load("/bigdisk/home/rksh/ess-5.2.2/lisp/ess-site")
   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
   load-with-code-conversion("/bigdisk/home/rksh/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
   load("~/.emacs" t t)
   #[nil "Öó 	=É «»QÇ5  
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×P
ÿ
!Éd 
Ço ÿ\f!Én \fÇo ÀâÉá \f\"ÉÖ Ž¤\f#àÐð!à\f*Üñ À
 
"Þ"â#))á" [init-file-user system-type 
user-init-file-1 user-init-file source alt ms-dos 
"~" "/_emacs" windows-nt directory-files nil 
"^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "~/_emacs" 
vax-vms "sys$login:.emacs" "/.emacs" t load 
file-name-extension "elc" 
file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p 
file-newer-than-file-p message "Warning: %s is 
newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default" 
inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-message] 5]()
   command-line()
   normal-top-level()




-- 
Robin Hankin
Uncertainty Analyst
Southampton Oceanography Centre
SO14 3ZH
tel +44(0)23-8059-7743
initialDOTsurname at soc.soton.ac.uk (edit in obvious way; spam precaution)