(void-variable hippie-expand-try-functions-list)

[kencausey]

With a current checkout of emacs (24.2.50) while trying to install starter-kit I get an error in starter-kit-misc.el. For now if I just comment out the references to hippie-expand-try-functions-list I seem to be able to get by. (I've seen this with versions on both Marmalade and MELPA.)

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable hippie-expand-try-functions-list)
(delete f hippie-expand-try-functions-list)
(while --dolist-tail-- (setq f (car --dolist-tail--)) (delete f hippie-expand-try-functions-list) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))
(let ((--dolist-tail-- (quote (try-expand-line try-expand-list try-complete-file-name-partially))) f) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq f (car --dolist-tail--)) (delete f hippie-expand-try-functions-list) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--))))
(progn (let ((--dolist-tail-- (quote (try-expand-line try-expand-list try-complete-file-name-partially))) f) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq f (car --dolist-tail--)) (delete f hippie-expand-try-functions-list) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))))
eval-buffer(#<buffer load-345082> nil "/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-misc.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 4507
load-with-code-conversion("/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-misc.el" "/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-misc.el" nil t)
require(starter-kit-misc)
mapc(require (uniquify starter-kit-defuns starter-kit-misc))
eval-buffer(#<buffer load-408126> nil "/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-autoloads.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 384
load-with-code-conversion("/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-autoloads.el" "/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-autoloads.el" nil t)
load("/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531/starter-kit-autoloads" nil t)
package--make-autoloads-and-compile("starter-kit" "/home/ken/.emacs.d/elpa/starter-kit-20120518.1531")
package-unpack(starter-kit "20120518.1531")
package-download-tar(starter-kit "20120518.1531")
package-download-transaction((magit ido-ubiquitous smex find-file-in-project idle-highlight-mode paredit starter-kit))
package-install(starter-kit)
(progn (package-install p))
(if (not (package-installed-p p)) (progn (package-install p)))
(while --dolist-tail-- (setq p (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (not (package-installed-p p)) (progn (package-install p))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))
(let ((--dolist-tail-- my-packages) p) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq p (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (not (package-installed-p p)) (progn (package-install p))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--))))
eval-buffer(#<buffer load> nil "/home/ken/.emacs.d/init.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 945
load-with-code-conversion("/home/ken/.emacs.d/init.el" "/home/ken/.emacs.d/init.el" t t)
load("/home/ken/.emacs.d/init" t t)
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[kencausey]

Actually, I just added

(unless (boundp 'hippie-expand-try-functions-list)
(setq hippie-expand-try-functions-list '()))

immediately above the first use.

[dgutov]

You just need to (require 'hippie-exp) before the variable is first used.

Or, alternatively, wrap the whole hippie-expand-try-functions-list setup in (eval-after-load 'hippie-exp ...).

[kencausey]

Thanks! (mistakenly said: Requiring hippie-exp (in either form) doesn't change anything, I still get an error that hippie-expand-try-functions-list is a void variable.)

[kencausey]

Oops, compilation failure. Modifying starter-kit-misc.el to to use (eval-after-load 'hippie-exp ...) does address the problem.

[gunnarahlberg]

thx for the tip, it worked now!
committers, please include this patch

[dgutov]

I think this can be closed now.

[benbc]

I still see this problem with the version of the starter kit installed from Marmalade (2.0.3).