Re: Bug: Following a link to a #+NAME causes '(wrong-type-argument stringp nil)' [9.3 (release_9.3 @ /usr/share/emacs/28.0.50/lisp/org/)]

[Dante Catalfamo]

Isn't the #+NAME tag used to label things below it? I think that would 
explain why it doesn't work when there's nothing directly below it.

If you want to link to the heading, perhaps you should try something 
like [[* heading][link]]?

On 11/22/20 3:44 PM, Dima Kogan wrote:
> Hi. I'm using the org included with a recent build from emacs git. I
> have this tst.org:
>
>
>
>
> [[name][link]]
>
> * heading
> #+NAME: name
>
> text
>
>
>
>
> I open it with 'emacs -Q'. I move the point to the link at the top, and
> C-c C-o to follow the link. This doesn't work:
>
>    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>      string-match("[ \f\11\n\15\13]+" nil 0)
>      split-string(nil)
>      org-link-search("name" 3)
>      org-link-open((link (:type "fuzzy" :path "name" :format bracket :raw-link 
> "name" :application nil :search-option nil :begin 1 :end 15 :contents-begin 9 :contents-end 13 
> :post-blank 0 :parent (paragraph (:begin 1 :end 17 :contents-begin 1 :contents-end 16 :post-blank 1 
> :post-affiliated 1 :parent nil)))) nil)
>      org-open-at-point(nil)
>      funcall-interactively(org-open-at-point nil)
>
> Apparently org doesn't like the empty line right after the #+NAME tag.
> Removing that empty line makes it work.
>
> Thanks!
>   
>
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