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From: "Clément Pit--Claudel" <clement.pit@gmail.com>
To: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Is emacsclient --eval broken?
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 11:32:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2e73e12c-5662-ae84-4fd7-64f585997290@gmail.com> (raw)


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Hey emacs-dev,

I'm seeing surprising behaviour from emacsclient --eval:

    $ emacs -Q --daemon
    …
    Starting Emacs daemon.

    $ emacsclient --eval '(progn (find-file "emacsclient-input") (buffer-string))'
    "\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEE EEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEE\n\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE E EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\nEEEEEE EEEE
    *ERROR*: Unknown message: E EE EEEEE\n"

This error message isn't in emacsclient-input. Worse, it is not even deterministic:

    $ emacsclient --eval '(progn (find-file "emacsclient-input") (buffer-string))'
    "\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEE EEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEE\n\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE E EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\nEEEEEE EEEE_EEEEE EE EEEEE\n"

(the output is still corrupted: there's no ‘_’ in the source file either).

I've attached emacsclient-input. Can someone help me figure what's going wrong? The error doesn't appear if I modify any of the backslashes, dashes, or newlines in the input...

Cheers,
Clément.

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\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEE EEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE

\EEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE\EEEE


\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE E EEEEE

\EEEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEEEE\EEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEE

EE EEE-EEEEEEE \EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EE EEE-EEEEEEE \EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
\EEEEEEEEEEEEE

EEEEEE EEEE EEEEE EE EEEEE

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             reply	other threads:[~2016-08-03 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-03 15:32 Clément Pit--Claudel [this message]
2016-08-06 10:09 ` Is emacsclient --eval broken? Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-06 11:17   ` Johan Bockgård
2016-08-06 11:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-06 15:23       ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-06 15:30         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-15 19:08           ` Johan Bockgård
2016-08-18 19:39             ` Johan Bockgård
2016-08-19  7:04               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-22 15:25               ` Clément Pit--Claudel

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