> Von: Sharon Kimble <boudic...@talktalk.net> > Datum: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:33:15 +0000 > An: <Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> > Betreff: [O] user-error: :END: line missing at position 3413 > > I've updated my emacs to 'Emacs 24.3.50.1' 2014-01-01 on prometheus, > modified by Debian, and updated org from ELPA. > > But now I cant get it to load because it always shows > 'user-error: :END: line missing at position 3413'. I asked about it on > #emacs on IRC, and was told this is something to do with org-mode. So, > can you help me track it down please?
Hi Sharon, I had the same problem several times. Somehow, I seemed to have deleted the :END: line of a Log Drawer in org-mode. It recently helped me to start Emacs with the debug-init option like this: emacs --debug-init Then in the Messages log, I found a trace to the corresponding org-file and then after opening the file in a buffer you can jump to the line where the problem occurs with M-x goto-char 3413 (in your case) There were 2 other solutions proposed which I have not tested yet (see attached messages below). Kind regards Martin ------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht > Von: Bastien <b...@gnu.org> > Datum: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:52:31 +0100 > An: Martin Beck <elwood...@web.de> > Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> > Betreff: Re: File mode specification error: (error ":END: line missing at > position 63362") > > Hi Martin, > > maybe you can use this helper function: > > (defun bzg-find-corrupted-property-drawers () > "Find corrupted property drawers." > (interactive) > (let (msgs) > (save-excursion > (goto-char (point-min)) > (while (search-forward ":PROPERTIES:" nil t) > (let ((search-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t)))) > (if (not (search-forward ":END:" search-end t)) > (push (format "Missing :END: at %d in %s\n" > (point) (buffer-name)) > msgs))))) > (if (not msgs) > (message "No corrupted property drawers") > (switch-to-buffer-other-window " *Org missing :END:") > (mapcar 'insert msgs)))) > > A bit rought at the edges, but perhaps useful. > > -- > Bastien ------ Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht ------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht > Von: Brian Wood <bw...@berkeley.edu> > Organisation: UC Berkeley > Datum: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:12:56 -0800 > An: <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> > Betreff: Re: [O] [OT]: Search for missing :END: > > I just found a few of these errors in *Messages* and since I have > 20 > .org files, I used this approach > > cd ~/orgmode > > # this gives me the byte offset & the filename for each matching line > grep -br 'CLOCK: ' * > ~/tmp/org-missing-end.txt > > #this searches within a few bytes of the byte offset reported by emacs > grep -E ":3007.:" ~/tmp/org-missing-end.txt > > Searching within a few bytes was not necessary. In my case I found a > ":CLOCK:" string at the byte-offset in the error message. > > -- > Brian Wood > Applications Programmer > UC Berkeley IST > > ------ Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht
