Re: "Anything" package requires w3m command...

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>
writes:

> Hi Elena,
>
> Elena wrote:
>> On Dec 6, 11:27 am, Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Andreas,
>>>
>>> Andreas Politz wrote:
>>> > Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> writes:
>>> >> I want to re-use `anything', being such a day-to-day helper, with its
>>> >> fantastic extra sources.
>>>
>>> >> But, if I don't have W3m installed, I get this:
>>>
>>> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Install w3m command in `exec-path' 
>>> >> or set `w3m-command' variable correctly")
>>> >>   (if (not (stringp w3m-command)) (progn (error "Install w3m command in 
>>> >> `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable correctly")))
>>> >>   require(anything-config)

There is not such code in anything-config.el or anything.el,
this error message come from somewhere else.

>>> > Have you tried to (setq w3m-command "") ?
>>>
>>> That did work... Thanks for the tip which is of great help (until it gets 
>>> fixed)...
>>
>> What configuration are you running?  Mine is GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows
>> XP.
>
> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-10-14 on LENNART-69DE564 
> (patched)
>
>
>> I'm experiencing the same issue, and (setq w3m-command "") just
>> changes the error from:
>>
>> if: Install w3m command in `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable
>> correctly
>>
>> to:
>>
>> Error: (file-error "Searching for program" "no such file or directory"
>> "")
>
> You're right. It does *not* work. I don't know why I have had the impression
> it was working...
>
> But, nope, if you don't have W3M installed, you'll get Emacs stopped during
> loading the conf file. Very very annoying.

Something other than anything-config.el or anything.el is loaded
somewhere in your config, or you use old libraries of anything.

As said to Elena, i can't reproduce this on a windowsXP without
w3m.

Please start with emacs -Q and (require 'anything-config)
No more.

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