From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10224: 24.0.92; M-w inhibits echoing of prefix arguments Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:30:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87zkf6dump.fsf@escher.fritz.box> References: <87aa767oig.fsf@escher.fritz.box> <87wraav51r.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323156697 9435 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2011 07:31:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 07:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10224@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 06 08:31:31 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpUx-0008Ul-DC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:31:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59583 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpUw-0000AC-M4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40143) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpUt-00009w-7y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpUs-0002Bz-8B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:27 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54792) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpUs-0002Bv-5E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpVS-0002Yg-33 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:32:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10224 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10224-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10224.13231566979803 (code B ref 10224); Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10224) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Dec 2011 07:31:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpV3-0002Y4-6F for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXpV0-0002Xu-9L for 10224@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:35 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Dec 2011 07:30:55 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F56125.versanet.de (EHLO escher.fritz.box) [89.245.97.37] by mail.gmx.net (mp025) with SMTP; 06 Dec 2011 08:30:55 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+zh0dLmruzz+9bGKLL3hsF9X6vB3BTSVRJZ6NEfl psUYmQI22ppZem In-Reply-To: <87wraav51r.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:53:52 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:32:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:54738 Archived-At: On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:53:52 +0800 Chong Yidong wrote: > Stephen Berman writes: > >> 1. emacs -Q >> 2. Type `C-u' => in the echo area you see "C-u-" >> 3. Set the mark (e.g. by typing `C-SPC') and then type `M-w'. > > I don't understand what you are trying to say. > > After typing C-u, if I immediately type C-SPC, Emacs says "No mark set > in this buffer". That is to be expected, since C-u C-SPC is supposed to > move point to the mark. > > Could you repeat with the *exact* recipe? Sorry for the confusion. Step 2 was only meant to demonstrate the usual echoing of prefix arguments; it's not a necessary step to get the bug. Step 3 is really the entire recipe: after setting the mark (in any way) and then typing M-w, all subsequent interactively typed prefix arguments are no longer echoed. (Under conditions I haven't yet been able to determine, the echoing sometimes returns after a while, but immediately vanishes again upon typing M-w (if the mark is set).) Steve Berman