Re: diary in emacs 21.2

[Alex Schroeder]

reingold@emr.cs.iit.edu (Edward M. Reingold) writes:

>>>>>> "VSM" == Victor S Miller <victorsm@comcast.net> writes:
>
>     VSM> I've been using the emacs calendar and diary for many years, without
>     VSM> much problem.  Recently, the linux systems where I work have been
>     VSM> upgraded so that the version of emacs used there is 21.2.  Now,
>     VSM> whenever I invoke calendar (I use Fancy diary entries), it craps out
>     VSM> after displaying the calendar with a message saying "Calendar buffer
>     VSM> is read only".  If I type 'd' (to get the diary display) I get the
>     VSM> same message.  Things work fine when I use emacs 20.7 (which are on
>     VSM> some other systems).  Strangely when I set debug-on-error to 't, it
>     VSM> does NOT give me an error traceback at all.  Does this sound like a
>     VSM> known bug in 21.2?
>
> Not in the calendar/diary code.  Since I don't use a Linux system, can
> somebody help debug this?

Well, some errors do not enter the debugger.  Set debug-ignored-errors
to nil for maximum debugging.  Furthermore, try it in Emacs with -q
and --no-site-file -- perhaps you have code on a hook that tries to
modify the calendar after display?

I run GNU Emacs 21.2.90.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll
bars) of 2002-05-28 on confusibombus, just created a diary file, added
an entry, used (setq diary-display-hook '(fancy-diary-display)), used
m to update the calendar, saw the marked entry, pressed d on the day,
and got a fancy diary buffer with my test entry.  "It works for me."

Alex.