Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/home/user/.emacs.d/init.elc’: Wrong type argument: char-table-p, nil To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with the ‘--debug-init’ option to view a complete error backtrace. $ emacs --debug-init Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-table-p nil) set-char-table-extra-slot(nil 4 [32 187]) set-display-table-slot(nil selective-display [32 187]) byte-code("\301\302\303!\304\"\210\305\10\306\307\310\1!\262\1#\210\10\204\31\0\311 \20\301\207" [standard-display-table byte-recompile-directory expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d" 0 set-display-table-slot selective-display " »" vconcat make-display-table] 6) load("/home/user/.emacs.d/init" noerror nomessage) startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #) #f(compiled-function () #) t) command-line() normal-top-level()