Customization of face fails

[Ralf Angeli]

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

When I try to customize a face I receive the following backtrace (I
edited it to keep it short.  Occurences of `[...]' stand for snipped
parts.):

,----
| Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function nil)
|   nil((group :inline t :sibling-args nil :args ((const :format "" :value 
:family) (string :tag "Font Family" :help-echo "Font family or fontset alias 
name." :value "")) :deactivate custom-face-edit-deactivate :activate 
custom-face-edit-activate :delete custom-face-edit-delete :parent 
(custom-face-edit :args (... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 
...) :value (:weight bold) :parent (group :args ... :value ... :parent ... 
:indent 0) :indent 12) :indent 16 :children ((const :format "" :value :family 
:parent #0 :indent 16 :from #<marker (moves after insertion) at 595 in 
*Customize Face: Bold*> :to #<marker at 581 in *Customize Face: Bold*>) (string 
:tag "Font Family" :help-echo "Font family or fontset alias name." :value "" 
:parent #0 :indent 16 :sample-overlay #<overlay from 581 to 592 in *Customize 
Face: Bold*> :field-overlay ... :from #<marker (moves after insertion) at 581 
in *Customize Face: Bold*> :to #<marker at 595 in *Customize Face: Bold*>)) 
:from #<marker (moves after insertion) at 581 in *Customize Face: Bold*> :to 
#<marker at 595 in *Customize Face: Bold*>))
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-default-delete([...])
|   custom-face-edit-deactivate([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-checklist-add-item([...])
|   widget-checklist-value-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-default-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-create-child-value([...])
|   widget-group-value-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-default-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-create-child-value([...])
|   widget-group-value-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-default-create([...])
|   widget-apply([]...)
|   widget-create-child-and-convert([...])
|   custom-face-value-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-default-create([...])
|   widget-apply([...])
|   widget-create(custom-face :documentation-shown t :custom-state unknown :tag 
"Bold" :value bold)
|   #[(entry) "address@hidden@!È@&     ‡" [entry widget-create 
:documentation-shown t :custom-state unknown :tag custom-unlispify-tag-name 
:value] 10]((bold custom-face))
|   mapcar(#[(entry) "address@hidden@!È@&      ‡" [entry widget-create 
:documentation-shown t :custom-state unknown :tag custom-unlispify-tag-name 
:value] 10] ((bold custom-face)))
|   custom-buffer-create-internal(((bold custom-face)) nil)
|   custom-buffer-create(((bold custom-face)) "*Customize Face: Bold*")
|   customize-face((bold))
| * call-interactively(customize-face)
|   execute-extended-command(nil)
|   call-interactively(execute-extended-command)
`----

You can test this e.g. via `M-x customize-face RET bold RET'.

Regards,
Ralf


In GNU Emacs 21.3.50.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2004-01-03 on iwi71
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: en_US
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Custom

Minor modes in effect:
  display-time-mode: t
  encoded-kbd-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
M-x t o g g l e <tab> d e <tab> e r <tab> <return> 
M-x c u s t o m <tab> - f a <tab> <return> b o l d 
<return> M-x r e p o r t <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Loading two-column...done
Debug on Error disabled
Loading cus-edit...done
Loading thingatpt...done
Creating customization buffer...
Creating customization buttons...
Creating customization items...
Creating face editor...
widget-apply: Symbol's function definition is void: nil
Loading emacsbug...done