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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: 10191@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10191: dired-query (in dired-aux.el) fails for certain help-char's, Emacs 23 and 24
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:37:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2d3c7vsig.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv62hz9i2q.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:18:35 -0500")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> ; original
>> (if help-form
>>     (format " [Type yn!q or %s] "
>>             (key-description
>>              (char-to-string help-char)))
>>   " [Type y, n, q or !] ")
>
>> When (characterp help-char) is nil, as in my case, char-to-string raises an
>> error.
>
> Thanks.  I've installed the patch below which should fix your problem,

If we want to support keys as values of help-char that should probably
be documented.

Andreas.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-02 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-02  6:27 bug#10191: dired-query (in dired-aux.el) fails for certain help-char's, Emacs 23 and 24 Christopher Genovese
2011-12-02  8:36 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-02 13:22   ` Christopher Genovese
2011-12-02 14:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-02 16:37   ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2011-12-02 17:26     ` Glenn Morris

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