From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1215: 23.0.60; unibyte->multibyte conversion problem (in Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:56:44 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 1215@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232141804 22327 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2009 21:36:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1215@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 16 22:37:56 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LNwO2-0000J7-NO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:37:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59731 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNwMl-0001Fy-TO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:36:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNwA8-0002k4-UB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNwA6-0002i3-Ny for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52847 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNwA6-0002hh-7B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:41606) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LNwA5-000707-HX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0GLNQmW014327; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:23:27 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n0GL55Sr009476; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:05:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:05:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1215 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1215-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1215.12321394147237 (code B ref 1215); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:05:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1215) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 16 Jan 2009 20:56:54 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0GKunWw007223 for <1215@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:56:51 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkQFAEKDcElMCpxj/2dsb2JhbACBbMwEhXKBfw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,278,1231131600"; d="scan'208";a="32429343" Original-Received: from 76-10-156-99.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.156.99]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 16 Jan 2009 15:56:44 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 15A727F97; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:56:44 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:08:58 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:31 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:24222 Archived-At: > but according to raw-text-unix's description: > t -- raw-text-unix > Raw text, which means text contains random 8-bit codes. > Encoding text with this coding system produces the actual byte > sequence of the text in buffers and strings. An exception is made for > eight-bit-control characters. Each of them is encoded into a single > byte. > you can save (almost) anything with it. What is the bug? The bug is that you can currently save (almost) anything with it. This is due to historical reasons, where different notions of "no encoding" were mixed up. So on save, raw-text-unix behaves pretty much like utf-8-mule under Emacs-23 and emacs-mule under Emacs-22. On load, it behaves pretty much like `binary'. Stefan