Re: "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"??

[marco . wahl]

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