From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6212: 23.2; ^S^Q^@ --error--> Wrong type argument: characterp, 67108896 Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 12:42:52 -0400 Message-ID: <87pr0ti2k3.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87632lutyf.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274201846 18114 80.91.229.12 (18 May 2010 16:57:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:57:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Trent W. 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Buck's message of "Wed, 19 May 2010 01:10:16 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 12:43:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37019 Archived-At: trentbuck@gmail.com (Trent W. Buck) writes: > Attempting to insert a literal ^@ control character worked in 23.1. > In 23.2, it results in an error: Wrong type argument: characterp, > 67108896 > > I am typing C-q C-SPC, in Emacs in Screen in linux's fbcon. Since ^@ is > the zeroth character, perhaps this is an off-by-one or overflow error > somewhere. The same error occurs when typing C-q C-@. Yes, I can reproduce this on text-terminals. It appears to be due to the following change: 2009-10-19 Stefan Monnier * bindings.el (function-key-map): Map C-@ to C-SPC if C-@ is unbound. which added the following to bindings.el: ;; Hitting C-SPC on text terminals, usually sends the ascii code 0 (aka C-@), ;; so we can't distinguish those two keys, but usually we consider C-SPC ;; (rather than C-@) as the "canonical" binding. (define-key function-key-map [?\C-@] [?\C-\s]) Stefan, could you take a look? I don't know your original motivation for this change, so I don't know how to fix it.