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https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have a link in a text file that looks as follows, in fundamental mode: 5. Contracts: [[docview:~/Documents/Wheaton_condo/landscaping/from Mark/2019/ALM_landscape_contract_Fall_2018.pdf::1][Landscape]], [[docview:~/Documents/Wheaton_condo/landscaping/from Mark/2018/ALM_snow_management_contract_Fall_2018.pdf::1][Snow]] The path is deliberately wrong in the first link--in order to demonstrate the error that results. The year "2019" there should be "2018" and then in that case the link works properly (when the file is set to org-mode); the result of using the proper link is that the document is shown in a docview buffer. As is, there is an error thrown & below is the backtrace for it (after appropriate use of "toggle-debug-on-error") Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument listp t) image-mode-winprops(nil) image-mode-window-put(page 0 nil) doc-view-goto-page(1) org-docview-open("~/Documents/Wheaton_condo/landscaping/from Mark/20..." nil) org-link-open((link (:type "docview" :path "~/Documents/Wheaton_condo/landscaping/from Mark/20..." :format bracket :raw-link "docview:~/Documents/Wheaton_condo/landscaping/from..." :application nil :search-option nil :begin 1000 :end 1115 :contents-begin 1104 :contents-end 1113 :post-blank 0 :parent (paragraph (:begin 989 :end 1234 :contents-begin 989 :contents-end 1234 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 989 :parent (item (:bullet "5. " :begin 986 :end 1235 :contents-begin 989 :contents-end 1234 :checkbox nil :counter nil :structure (... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) :pre-blank 0 :post-blank 1 :post-affiliated 986 :tag nil :parent (plain-list ...))))))) nil) (cond ((not type) (user-error "No link found")) ((memq type '(comment comment-block node-property keyword)) (call-interactively #'org-open-at-point-global)) ((memq type '(headline inlinetask)) (org-match-line org-complex-heading-regexp) (let ((tags-beg (match-beginning 5)) (tags-end (match-end 5))) (if (and tags-beg (>= (point) tags-beg) (< (point) tags-end)) (org-tags-view arg (save-excursion (let* (... ...) (buffer-substring ... ...)))) (let* ((val (org-offer-links-in-entry ... ... arg))) (if (consp val) (let* (...) (if ... ... ...)) nil))))) ((or (eq type 'footnote-reference) (and (eq type 'footnote-definition) (save-excursion (skip-chars-forward " \11") (let ((begin ...)) (if begin (< ... begin) (= ... ...)))))) (org-footnote-action)) ((and (eq type 'planning) (org-in-regexp org-ts-regexp-both nil t)) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((and (eq type 'clock) value (>= (point) (org-element-property :begin value)) (<= (point) (org-element-property :end value))) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((eq type 'src-block) (org-babel-open-src-block-result)) ((>= (point) (save-excursion (goto-char (org-element-property :end context)) (skip-chars-backward " \11") (point))) (user-error "No link found")) ((eq type 'inline-src-block) (org-babel-open-src-block-result)) ((eq type 'timestamp) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((eq type 'link) (org-link-open context arg)) ((memq type '(citation citation-reference)) (org-cite-follow context arg)) (t (user-error "No link found"))) (let* ((context (org-element-lineage (org-element-context) '(citation citation-reference clock comment comment-block footnote-definition footnote-reference headline inline-src-block inlinetask keyword link node-property planning src-block timestamp) t)) (type (org-element-type context)) (value (org-element-property :value context))) (cond ((not type) (user-error "No link found")) ((memq type '(comment comment-block node-property keyword)) (call-interactively #'org-open-at-point-global)) ((memq type '(headline inlinetask)) (org-match-line org-complex-heading-regexp) (let ((tags-beg (match-beginning 5)) (tags-end (match-end 5))) (if (and tags-beg (>= (point) tags-beg) (< (point) tags-end)) (org-tags-view arg (save-excursion (let* ... ...))) (let* ((val ...)) (if (consp val) (let* ... ...) nil))))) ((or (eq type 'footnote-reference) (and (eq type 'footnote-definition) (save-excursion (skip-chars-forward " \11") (let (...) (if begin ... ...))))) (org-footnote-action)) ((and (eq type 'planning) (org-in-regexp org-ts-regexp-both nil t)) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((and (eq type 'clock) value (>= (point) (org-element-property :begin value)) (<= (point) (org-element-property :end value))) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((eq type 'src-block) (org-babel-open-src-block-result)) ((>= (point) (save-excursion (goto-char (org-element-property :end context)) (skip-chars-backward " \11") (point))) (user-error "No link found")) ((eq type 'inline-src-block) (org-babel-open-src-block-result)) ((eq type 'timestamp) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((eq type 'link) (org-link-open context arg)) ((memq type '(citation citation-reference)) (org-cite-follow context arg)) (t (user-error "No link found")))) (if (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'org-open-at-point-functions) nil (let* ((context (org-element-lineage (org-element-context) '(citation citation-reference clock comment comment-block footnote-definition footnote-reference headline inline-src-block inlinetask keyword link node-property planning src-block timestamp) t)) (type (org-element-type context)) (value (org-element-property :value context))) (cond ((not type) (user-error "No link found")) ((memq type '(comment comment-block node-property keyword)) (call-interactively #'org-open-at-point-global)) ((memq type '(headline inlinetask)) (org-match-line org-complex-heading-regexp) (let ((tags-beg (match-beginning 5)) (tags-end (match-end 5))) (if (and tags-beg (>= ... tags-beg) (< ... tags-end)) (org-tags-view arg (save-excursion ...)) (let* (...) (if ... ... nil))))) ((or (eq type 'footnote-reference) (and (eq type 'footnote-definition) (save-excursion (skip-chars-forward " \11") (let ... ...)))) (org-footnote-action)) ((and (eq type 'planning) (org-in-regexp org-ts-regexp-both nil t)) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((and (eq type 'clock) value (>= (point) (org-element-property :begin value)) (<= (point) (org-element-property :end value))) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((eq type 'src-block) (org-babel-open-src-block-result)) ((>= (point) (save-excursion (goto-char (org-element-property :end context)) (skip-chars-backward " \11") (point))) (user-error "No link found")) ((eq type 'inline-src-block) (org-babel-open-src-block-result)) ((eq type 'timestamp) (org-follow-timestamp-link)) ((eq type 'link) (org-link-open context arg)) ((memq type '(citation citation-reference)) (org-cite-follow context arg)) (t (user-error "No link found"))))) org-open-at-point(nil) funcall-interactively(org-open-at-point nil) call-interactively(org-open-at-point nil nil) command-execute(org-open-at-point) I note that in the "org-open-file" function in "org.el" there are the lines: (when (and (not (eq cmd 'emacs)) ; Emacs has no problems with non-ex files (not (file-exists-p file)) (not org-open-non-existing-files)) (user-error "No such file: %s" file)) & in the case that I've shown, the check on existence of the file is not done. If I change things so that existence of the tile is checked, then the error can be avoided and the warning message is exhibited. Function "org-docview-open" calls "org-open-file", but the backtrace doesn't seem to show that. I had the initial link error occur because I changed the location of the file so that the files were in sub-directories labelled by year. Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0, NS appkit-1671.60 Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)) of 2020-08-12 Package: Org mode version 9.5.2 (9.5.2-gfbff08 @ /Users/alanwehmann/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.5.2/) current state: ============== (setq org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-modules '(ol-bbdb ol-bibtex ol-docview ol-eww ol-gnus ol-info ol-irc ol-mhe ol-rmail ol-w3m ol-vm) org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil org-src-lang-modes '(("redis" . redis) ("php" . php) ("arduino" . arduino) ("C" . c) ("C++" . c++) ("asymptote" . asy) ("bash" . sh) ("beamer" . latex) ("calc" . fundamental) ("cpp" . c++) ("ditaa" . artist) ("dot" . fundamental) ("elisp" . emacs-lisp) ("ocaml" . tuareg) ("screen" . shell-script) ("shell" . sh) ("sqlite" . sql)) org-catch-invisible-edits 'show-and-error org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("vm-imap" :follow org-vm-imap-open) ("vm" :follow org-vm-open :store org-vm-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store org-eww-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("bookmark-other-win" :follow bookmark-jump-other-window :export nil) ("bookmark" :follow bookmark-jump :export nil) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("mailto" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("https" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("http" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("ftp" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help :store org-link--store-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp)) org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p outline-minor-mode-prefix "" org-table-copy-increment nil ) -- Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com