Re: question on dired mode

[B. T. Raven]

suman.nandan@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Emacs experts !
> Recently I moved to emacs version 22.1 from 21.3.1.
> Here I see that the dired mode is not working properly for me.
> If I want to go one directory up, I type "^' or click or hit enter on
> ".." .
> However in emacs 22.1 I am getting the following error
> "wrong type of arguement: number-or-marker-p (9543)" for both the
> cases.


> Is there any apecial settings I need to do for emacs 22.1 ?
>
> Thanks in advance !!
> Suman Nandan.

I have also recently migrated from 21.3 to 22.1 but I can't replicate 
your problem. Both ^ and clicking on .. work for me. I don't understand 
the nature of the OBJECT expected by (number-or-marker-p) [or the 
curiously named (markerp {no hyphen}). Both seem to need function 
arguments. I would expect (number-or-marker-p 9543) to return t and it 
does! How did 9543 get into parentheses? Using argument (9543) doesn't 
return nil but "invalid function." Lose your .emacs temporarily {
runemacs -Q -q } and see if you still have the problem.

Ed, no expert.