hardwired key prefix in emacs server

hardwired key prefix in emacs server

[Gary Howell]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit,
Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2003-02-20 on porky.devel.redhat.com
configured using `configure  --host=i386-redhat-linux
--build=i386-redhat-linux
--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix=
--prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin
--sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc
--datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include
--libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec
--localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
--with-gcc --with-pop --with-sound'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

On a system with /C-x key redefined from a prefix to a
command key,
eg. for wordstar key map, when enabling emacs server
with the command 
(server-start)
the user will receive a 

C-x # uses invalid prefix

error.

The following change to server.el to fixes the bug:

;(global-set-key "\C-x#" 'server-edit)
(define-key ctl-x-map "#" 'server-edit)

Recent input:
C-k b C-x C-x C-x C-k y C-/ C-k y C-e C-e C-e C-k b 
C-x C-x C-x C-k y <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar>
<help-menu> 
<report-emacs-bug> <help-echo> C-g <help-echo>
<help-echo> 
<help-echo> C-k p C-k f C-k f <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> . e m a c s . l 
<tab> s e r <tab> <return> C-q c <help-echo>
<help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
Undo!
Block end marker set
ws-error: Block begin marker not set
Begin block selection
Block end marker set
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