From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16677: 24.3.50; Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, 67108923 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:57:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2ba9d857-f8b1-4f0b-8640-41229d998838@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391741900 6735 80.91.229.3 (7 Feb 2014 02:58:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 02:58:20 +0000 (UTC) To: 16677@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 07 03:58:27 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbe6-0003Wv-Kt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 03:58:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39392 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbe6-0003Z6-Bk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:58:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59797) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbds-0003YR-TG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:58:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdi-00056i-R4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:58:12 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39892) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdi-00056e-No for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:58:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdi-0003Sg-8b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:58:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 16677 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.139174187513291 (code B ref -1); Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Feb 2014 02:57:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53911 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbda-0003SJ-G9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58048) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdX-0003S8-SO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdN-000559-HS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:51 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:48213) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdN-000555-DR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59664) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbdE-0002yL-FH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbd5-00051S-Jd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:32 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:39946) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBbd5-00051G-99 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:23 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s172vL9O032468 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 02:57:22 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s172vLoZ017877 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 02:57:21 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0012.oracle.com (abhmp0012.oracle.com [141.146.116.18]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s172vK9Z004406 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 02:57:21 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84769 Archived-At: emacs -Q C-q C-; Gives the cited error message. It should give a more user interface-level error, saying something to the effect that the key sequence you used does not correspond to a character. Note: in Emacs 20, this just inserts the escape character (^[), which is wrong. In Emacs 22, it just inserts the semicolon character (;), which is also wrong. Emacs 23 got it right, but it did not make the extra effort to give the user an error message that s?he deserves: something more helpful than a low-level barf message (even if that message might be comprehensible to a knowledgable Emacs user). Emacs can do better than that - this is, after all, a command, i.e., something that users use directly. (I discovered this by accident, when my fingers slipped.) In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-02-02 on ODIEONE Bzr revision: 116242 rudalics@gmx.at-20140202130041-n967dw77nw7ztvy9 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib CPPFLAGS=3D-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'