Re: reftex broken: "symbol's function definition is void: decf"

[Kevin Rodgers]

almarex@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm using emacs (21.4.1) and auctex (all from ubuntu edgy) as tex
> editor, but somehow, for some tex files reftex is mysteriously broken.
> Any reftex action (label, cite, table of contents) gives: "symbol's
> function definition is void: decf" in the minibuffer. strange thing is
> that it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the tex file, I've
> copy pasted the exact same content of the file into a new file and
> then it works and then when I change the name of that file to yet
> something else it stops working again. Anyone have any idea what may
> be going on here?

decf is a Common Lisp special form, which is available in Emacs Lisp
only via the CL emulation package.  reftex is probably missing the
needed (require 'cl) form, optionally enclosed in (eval-when-compile ...)

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA