Re: Timer out of nowhere

[Michael Markert]

On Wed, Feb 13 2013 (19:21), Lluís <address@hidden> wrote: 

> Every once in a while, I get this error:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selecting deleted buffer")
>   adict-guess-dictionary-maybe(#<killed buffer>)
>   apply(adict-guess-dictionary-maybe #<killed buffer>)
>   byte-code("r\301\302H\303H\"\210)\301\207" [timer apply 5 6] 4)
>   timer-event-handler([t 0 2 0 t adict-guess-dictionary-maybe (#<killed 
> buffer>) idle 0])
>
> This is from [1]. The strange part is that I just killed every possible buffer
> (in case it was a local timer on any of them), and `timer-list' shows 
> absolutely
> no entry with `adict-guess-dictionary-maybe'.
>
> Any ideas on how to track this problem?

adict uses an idle timer so look at `timer-idle-list' instead of `timer-list'.

I use this code to treat the symptom:

    (eval-after-load 'auto-dictionary
      '(add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook
                 (defun cofi/maybe-cancel-adict-timer ()
                   (when adict-timer
                     (cancel-timer adict-timer)))))

But the problem is - for me at least - a pretty new one, meaning
some change in emacs caused this (adict hasn't changed for years).

As adict itself clears the timer when `auto-dictionary-mode' is disabled
I'd guess that modes don't get disabled anymore when a buffer is killed.

emacs-version: 24.3.50.1

Michael

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