Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable subed--init-alist) about subed

[rndusr]

⋊> emacs -nw -Q --eval " (progn (toggle-debug-on-error) (setq user-emacs-directory \"~/.emacs.d/\") (setq package-user-dir (expand-file-name \"elpa/\" user-emacs-directory)) (package-initialize)) " --batch

That prints "Debug on Error enabled globally" and exits with 0.

[twlz0ne]

That prints "Debug on Error enabled globally" and exits with 0.

It's strange.

The error on my computer is caused by the following code in subed-autoloads.el:

(dolist (item subed--init-alist) (let ((file-ext-regex (car item))) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist (cons (concat "\\." file-ext-regex "\\'") 'subed-mode))))

When I moved the definition of subed--init-alist from subed-config.el to subed.el, then remake autoloads, the error dispear:

• subed-config.el

- (defvar subed--init-alist '(("srt" . subed-srt--init)
-                             ("vtt" . subed-vtt--init))
-   "Alist that maps file extensions to format-specific init functions.")

• subed.el

+ ;;;###autoload
+ (defvar subed--init-alist '(("srt" . subed-srt--init)
+                             ("vtt" . subed-vtt--init))
+   "Alist that maps file extensions to format-specific init functions.")
...

;;;###autoload
(dolist (item subed--init-alist)
  (let ((file-ext-regex (car item)))
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist (cons (concat "\\." file-ext-regex "\\'")
                                        'subed-mode))))

• subed-autoloads.el

+ (defvar subed--init-alist '(("srt" . subed-srt--init) ("vtt" . subed-vtt--init)) "\
+ Alist that maps file extensions to format-specific init functions.")
...
(dolist (item subed--init-alist) (let ((file-ext-regex (car item))) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist (cons (concat "\\." file-ext-regex "\\'") 'subed-mode))))

[rndusr]

Where did you get `subed-autoloads.el`? It's not part of the repo.

[twlz0ne]

Where did you get subed-autoloads.el? It's not part of the repo.

Now I understand why there is no error occurs on your computer, because you used the source code directly, that makes autoload not take effect.

I installed subed via quelpa:

(quelpa '(subed :fetcher github "rndusr/subed" :files "subed/*.el"))

It compiles the source into an ELPA compatible package, the subed-autoloads.el is thus created.

The little change I made above will ensure that the definition of subed--init-alist will also be added to subed-autoloads.el before the dolist statement: twlz0ne@73ad0a5

[dalugm]

Same problem here, I'm using borg to install this package which will also generate an autoload file when building.

twlz0ne's patch resolves this issue.

[rndusr]

I made a little change to ensure that the definition of `subed--init-alist` will also be added to `subed-autoloads.el` before the `dolist` statement: twlz0ne@73ad0a5

Thank you.