{"id":9972,"date":"2018-09-24T14:44:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T12:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b.shuttle.de\/hayek\/hayek\/jochen\/wp\/blog-en\/?p=9972"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:00:21","slug":"doc-view-display-error-selecting-deleted-buffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/2018\/09\/24\/doc-view-display-error-selecting-deleted-buffer\/","title":{"rendered":"error when viewing PDFs in emacs resp. after deleting associated buffers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/emacs\/comments\/4029g0\/error_when_viewing_pdfs\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/emacs\/comments\/4029g0\/error_when_viewing_pdfs\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the annoying, recurring error message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Error running timer `doc-view-display&#8217;: (error &#8220;Selecting deleted buffer&#8221;)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">what to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>M-x<\/strong> cancel-timer<br><strong>Cancel timers of function:<\/strong> doc-view-display<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update 2019-11-05 (GNU Emacs 26.3 on Mojave):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>M-x<\/strong> cancel-function-timers<br><strong>Cancel timers of function:<\/strong> doc-view-display<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the annoying, recurring error message: Error running timer `doc-view-display&#8217;: (error &#8220;Selecting deleted buffer&#8221;) what to do: M-x cancel-timerCancel timers of function: doc-view-display Update 2019-11-05 (GNU Emacs 26.3 on Mojave): M-x cancel-function-timersCancel timers of function: 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