From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10191: dired-query (in dired-aux.el) fails for certain help-char's, Emacs 23 and 24 Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:36:26 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322815020 15037 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2011 08:37:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:37:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10191@debbugs.gnu.org To: Christopher Genovese Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 02 09:36:55 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 1RWOc2-00020C-3U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:36:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWOc1-0001jg-Mt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35070) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWOby-0001ja-Gj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWObw-0007fb-R2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:50 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48464) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWObw-0007fX-Ll for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RWOc9-0003az-Up for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:37:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10191 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10191-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10191.132281499913791 (code B ref 10191); Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10191) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Dec 2011 08:36:39 +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 1RWObn-0003aO-2j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RWObk-0003aG-K1 for 10191@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:37 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1594B1C0C100; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:36:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C4E1C00105; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:36:21 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gnNaejdTi15B; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:36:20 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from hase.home (ppp-88-217-97-43.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.97.43]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:36:20 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: Youth of today! 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In-Reply-To: (Christopher Genovese's message of "Fri, 2 Dec 2011 01:27:02 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:37:01 -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:54595 Archived-At: Christopher Genovese writes: > For example, I set my help-char to ?\M-\C-h, which works fine in general. > But despite looking like a character, ?\M-\C-h does not satisfy > #'characterp, which causes > the problem. Technically perhaps, help-char should be a character but from > the user's point > of view, both of these should qualify. ?\M-\C-h isn't a character, it is a character with modifiers, and as such does not qualify. A character is something which can be inserted in a buffer or string as-is, for example. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."