keyboard-layout bepo leads to error with helm and git-gutter+

[letheed]

Description

Emacs opens a Warning frame on startup saying Error (use-package): helm :config: Wrong type argument: keymapp, nil

Reproduction guide 🪲

• Start Emacs

System Info 💻

• OS: gnu/linux
• Emacs: 24.5.1
• Spacemacs: 0.200.0
• Spacemacs branch: master (rev. e6357a5)
• Graphic display: t
• Distribution: spacemacs
• Editing style: hybrid
• Completion: helm
• Layers:

((auto-completion :variables auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage t auto-completion-enable-snippets-in-popup t)
 better-defaults
 (c-c   :variables c-c  -enable-clang-support t)
 colors emacs-lisp emoji git
 (haskell :variables haskell-completion-backend 'intero)
 helm
 (keyboard-layout :variables kl-layout 'bepo)
 markdown rust
 (shell :variables shell-default-height 30 shell-default-position 'bottom)
 shell-scripts syntax-checking
 (version-control :variables version-control-diff-tool 'git-gutter version-control-global-margin t)
 yaml)

[NJBS]

Can you restart spacemacs using --debug-init and provide the backtrace it returns?

[letheed]

Here's the log:
MSG.TXT

[letheed]

I just noticed that if version-control-diff-tool is set to git-gutter+, the warning is:

Error (use-package): git-gutter+ :init: Wrong type argument: keymapp, nil
Error (use-package): helm :config: Wrong type argument: keymapp, nil

git-gutter and diff-hl don't produce the first line. Is it a different bug or related?

[NJBS]

I'm not sure if it's related or not. All three options don't cause any errors for me. --debug-init should have caused a backtrace buffer to appear on the first error that it encountered while starting up. Did no such buffer appear for you during startup? Note that you can also use SPC t D to toggle debugging on errors after startup if you're able to consistently cause that error to appear (maybe see if it appears when SPC f e R is called for example).

Additionally, can you try commenting out any personal configuration in your .spacemacs file to help narrow down the error's origins?

[letheed]

After some more investigation, turns out (keyboard-layout :variables kl-layout 'bepo) is the culprit.
Both errors go away if I disable the layer. The bepo layer used to work properly, so I didn't suspect it.

[bersace]

Any update on this ? I too hit this error messages since I activated keyboard-layout with bepo.

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument keymapp nil)
  lookup-key(nil "�")
  (define-key map key1 (lookup-key map-original key2))
  (let ((key1 (kbd (car binding))) (key2 (kbd (cdr binding)))) (define-key map key1 (lookup-key map-original key2)))
  (while --dolist-tail-- (setq binding (car --dolist-tail--)) (let ((key1 (kbd (car binding))) (key2 (kbd (cdr binding)))) (define-key map key1 (lookup-key map-original key2))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))
  (let ((--dolist-tail-- bindings) binding) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq binding (car --dolist-tail--)) (let ((key1 (kbd (car binding))) (key2 (kbd (cdr binding)))) (define-key map key1 (lookup-key map-original key2))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--))))
  (let ((map-original (copy-tree map))) (let ((--dolist-tail-- bindings) binding) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq binding (car --dolist-tail--)) (let ((key1 (kbd (car binding))) (key2 (kbd (cdr binding)))) (define-key map key1 (lookup-key map-original key2))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))))
  kl//remap-key-as(nil (("C-j" . "C-t") ("C-t" . "C-j") ("C-k" . "C-s") ("C-s" . "C-k")))
  (let ((bindings (mapcan (function kl//guess-rebindings) keys))) (kl//remap-key-as map (remove-if (function null) bindings)))
  kl/correct-keys(nil "C-j" "C-k")
  apply(kl/correct-keys nil ("C-j" "C-k"))
  kl/evil-correct-keys(insert (keymap (normal-state keymap (19 . comint-previous-input) (20 . comint-next-input) "Auxiliary keymap for Normal state" (10) (11)) (override-state . all) (menu-bar keymap (signals "Signals" keymap (break "BREAK" . comint-interrupt-subjob) (stop "STOP" . comint-stop-subjob) (cont "CONT" . comint-continue-subjob) (quit "QUIT" . comint-quit-subjob) (kill "KILL" . comint-kill-subjob) (eof "EOF" . comint-send-eof) "Signals") (inout "In/Out" keymap (expand-history "Expand History Before Point" . comint-replace-by-expanded-history) (list-history "List Input History" . comint-dynamic-list-input-ring) (previous-history "Previous Input" . comint-previous-input) (next-history "Next Input" . comint-next-input) (previous-matching-history-from-input "Previous Matching Current Input" . comint-previous-matching-input-from-input) (next-matching-history-from-input "Next Matching Current Input" . comint-next-matching-input-from-input) (previous-matching-history "Previous Matching Input..." . comint-previous-matching-input) (next-matching-history "Next Matching Input..." . comint-next-matching-input) (backward-matching-history "Backward Matching Input..." . comint-backward-matching-input) (forward-matching-history "Forward Matching Input..." . comint-forward-matching-input) (history-isearch-backward "Isearch Input String Backward..." . comint-history-isearch-backward) (history-isearch-backward-regexp "Isearch Input Regexp Backward..." . comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp) (copy-input "Copy Old Input" . comint-copy-old-input) (kill-input "Kill Current Input" . comint-kill-input) (show-output "Show Current Output Group" . comint-show-output) (show-maximum-output "Show Maximum Output" . comint-show-maximum-output) (previous-prompt "Backward Output Group" . comint-previous-prompt) (next-prompt "Forward Output Group" . comint-next-prompt) (write-output "Write Current Output Group to File" . comint-write-output) (append-output-to-file "Append Current Output Group to File" . comint-append-output-to-file) (delete-output "Delete Current Output Group" . comint-delete-output) "In/Out") (completion "Complete" keymap (complete "Complete at Point" . completion-at-point) (complete-file "Complete File Name" . comint-dynamic-complete-filename) (complete-listing "File Completion Listing" . comint-dynamic-list-filename-completions) (complete-expand "Expand File Name" . comint-replace-by-expanded-filename) "Complete")) (mouse-2 . comint-insert-input) (kp-delete . delete-forward-char) (delete . delete-forward-char) (4) (13 . comint-send-input) (3 keymap (46 . comint-insert-previous-argument) (19 . comint-write-output) (4 . comint-send-eof) (16 . comint-previous-prompt) (14 . comint-next-prompt) (12 . comint-dynamic-list-input-ring) (5 . comint-show-maximum-output) (18 . comint-show-output) (15 . comint-delete-output) (13 . comint-copy-old-input) (28 . comint-quit-subjob) (26 . comint-stop-subjob) (3 . comint-interrupt-subjob) (23 . backward-kill-word) (21 . comint-kill-input) (1 . comint-bol-or-process-mark) (24 . comint-get-next-from-history) (32 . comint-accumulate) (27 keymap (111 . comint-clear-buffer) (115 . comint-next-matching-input-from-input) (114 . comint-previous-matching-input-from-input))) (C-down . comint-next-input) (C-up . comint-previous-input) (27 keymap (12 . comint-show-output) (114 . comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp) (110 . comint-next-input) (112 . comint-previous-input))) "C-j" "C-k")
  eval((kl/evil-correct-keys (\` (\, m)) comint-mode-map "C-j" "C-k"))
  (while --dolist-tail-- (setq m (car --dolist-tail--)) (eval (quote (kl/evil-correct-keys (\` (\, m)) comint-mode-map "C-j" "C-k"))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))
  (let ((--dolist-tail-- (quote (normal insert))) m) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq m (car --dolist-tail--)) (eval (quote (kl/evil-correct-keys (\` (\, m)) comint-mode-map "C-j" "C-k"))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--))))
  (progn (when (fboundp (quote kl/pre-config-comint-mode)) (funcall (quote kl/pre-config-comint-mode))) (let ((--dolist-tail-- (quote (normal insert))) m) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq m (car --dolist-tail--)) (eval (quote (kl/evil-correct-keys (\` (\, m)) comint-mode-map "C-j" "C-k"))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))) nil (when (fboundp (quote kl/post-config-comint-mode)) (funcall (quote kl/post-config-comint-mode))))
  (lambda nil (progn (when (fboundp (quote kl/pre-config-comint-mode)) (funcall (quote kl/pre-config-comint-mode))) (let ((--dolist-tail-- (quote (normal insert))) m) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq m (car --dolist-tail--)) (eval (quote (kl/evil-correct-keys (\` ...) comint-mode-map "C-j" "C-k"))) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))) nil (when (fboundp (quote kl/post-config-comint-mode)) (funcall (quote kl/post-config-comint-mode)))))()
  eval-after-load-helper("/usr/share/emacs/25.1/lisp/shell.elc")
  run-hook-with-args(eval-after-load-helper "/usr/share/emacs/25.1/lisp/shell.elc")
  do-after-load-evaluation("/usr/share/emacs/25.1/lisp/shell.elc")
  require(shell)
  byte-code("\302\303!\204�

[emacs18]

I would like to share a similar problem which may shed light on this issue as well.

emacs-helm/helm-org#5 is regarding "wrong-type-argument keymapp" error while spacemacs starts up. This error is caused by the following line within helm-org-autoloads.el:

(easy-menu-add-item nil '("Tools" "Helm")  ...)

Spacemacs seems to activate all packages one by one in a loop before going onto other follow-on steps, i.e., all autoload files are loaded for all packages. It has activated helm package prior to activating helm-org package. However merely activating, i.e., loading helm autoload file, is not sufficient to define helm keymaps. It appears that one must also do (require 'helm-config) to define helm keymaps to be able to call easy-menu-add-item for helm-org. At least this is my understanding of helm-org issue number 5 whose url I shared before.

If there is a way to tell spacemacs that when we activate helm package, that we also must evaluate (require 'helm-config) prior to activating helm-org, then I think the helm-org issue can be resolved.

[emacs18]

I submitted #12713 to fix helm-org activation problem.

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[emacs18]

This can be closed as far as I'm concerned.
I have not noticed this issue in a long time.