Unable to enter diary entry org-agenda-diary-entry: Wrong type argument: commandp, insert-diary-entry

Question

I am using emacs 25.3.2 and org-mode 8.2.10. For some reason whenever I try to add a new diary entry in the org-Agenda I get this error message

org-agenda-diary-entry: Wrong type argument: commandp, insert-diary-entryInvalid face reference: nil

I have tried all types: day weekly, monthly and none worked. If I try to add the entry from emacs calendar it works fine (I end up in the diary file).

Relevant entries from my .emacs file are

;; Calendar/diary controls
;; This code has to be at the beggining to ensure an european date-style format
(add-hook 'calendar-load-hook
              (lambda ()
                (calendar-set-date-style 'european)))
(set-default 'truncate-lines t)
(add-hook 'diary-list-entries-hook 'diary-include-other-diary-files)
(add-hook 'diary-mark-entries-hook 'diary-mark-included-diary-files)

and

(setq org-agenda-include-diary t)           ; agenda stuff
(setq org-agenda-files (list "~/org/NOTES.org"))    ; agenda stuff

I have searched online, and the best answer I found was how to describe the functions commandp and org-agenda-diary-entry, but I couldn't find anyone with the same type of issue and I cannot understand what the problem is. Thank you in advance for any help.

I get the same the error, I wonder why would you like to add an entry in the agenda and not in a specific org file? — manandearth
Well, sometimes I have small appointments or minor things which do not require all the interactivity which org-mode offers, and I tend to put those in the diary file. — Ajned

NickD NickD · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-19T02:44:20

This bug was caused by a renaming of diary functions. It was fixed in org-mode by the following commit:

commit 685d3ba4af8cbb45447bb0b6c215a7135e7ed77e
Author: Florian Beck <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Nov 15 19:14:27 2014 +0100

    Replace obsolete aliases of calendar functions

    * lisp/org-agenda.el (org-agenda-diary-entry): Replace obsolete functions.

diff --git a/lisp/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org-agenda.el
index 7632e1b17..b4b0a24de 100644
--- a/lisp/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org-agenda.el
@@ -9473,13 +9473,13 @@ entries in that Org-mode file."
                   (message "Diary entry: [d]ay [w]eekly [m]onthly [y]early [a]nniversary [b]lock [c]yclic")
                   (read-char-exclusive)))
           (cmd (cdr (assoc char
-               '((?d . insert-diary-entry)
...
+               '((?d . diary-insert-entry)
...

8.2.10 dates from October 2014, just before this fix went in. I think it's time to upgrade.

Unable to enter diary entry org-agenda-diary-entry: Wrong type argument: commandp, insert-diary-entry

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