From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Kit O'Connell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:53:37 -0500 Message-ID: <498421570904120553o69ee009dj544e0866b434b8a3@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Kit O'Connell , 2967@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239596392 12100 80.91.229.12 (13 Apr 2009 04:19:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:19:52 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 13 06:21:11 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 1LtDfS-0001vR-Dc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:21:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41695 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtDe3-0000U4-CW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:19:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LszLo-00037e-BA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LszLk-00036z-U9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48913 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LszLk-00036w-PH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:03:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:35865) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LszLk-0003PX-2u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:03:52 -0400 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 n3CD3o8Y010746; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:03:50 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3CD03xH009540; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:00:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Kit O'Connell" Original-Sender: todfox@gmail.com Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 2967 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12395408388048 (code B ref -1); Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Apr 2009 12:53:58 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3CCrs27008042 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:53:56 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LszC6-0001Ln-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:53:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LszC5-0001Lb-VR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:53:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57830 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LszC5-0001LY-Rw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.152]:62077) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LszC5-0001CZ-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 3so1322252yxi.66 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:53:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=G54MkddttWtwJ8eIOKHc06BACMxIc+5NWx3cOt1qhQw=; b=h6NT7Q7EnBpFfsK69LyiwDi2MqDwEa04WdQaFlElHeKRtSrIO2qk05Hl45/B2nFET/ yq61us8gUKR1loixQ0B1Q6S+Av9MXR0uUUxcFIuvsiRpzmW2isVNYbNnV4G04WfLNf7/ xESrWeReeKicg22mLwo9x1xMpy8yEiIeuRfDs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bINhayAzOzH/KeUfpleoUkE1wm0OtpYzsHgBfrzY0m0ENntdVWEquHqm3sPAYIWVMK zk5KkVCpwkoMZ5Yocn746ZaPi8gr3eSxtqIKj7RE+Nu7E/PB5UsCjzAqTL89i0f8s+9h kZVpFmyeQgJJ7cLtfeW0SUTNIlZh4fAsceQ9A= Original-Received: by 10.151.102.21 with SMTP id e21mr3109046ybm.85.1239540832217; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:53:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Sender-Auth: 36d1644648cd86f6 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:03:56 -0400 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:19:39 -0400 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:27119 Archived-At: Hi, I was troubleshooting a friend's .emacs issues with the help of some internet assistance. When I copy/pasted people's suggested .emacs entries, some smart quotes got into the file, causing error messages. You can see the whole process of how this happened here: http://dreamcafe.com/words/2009/04/11/help-us-dr-internet-emacs-edition/#comment-5222 I think it would be good if emacs looked for smart quotes in .emacs files and gave a warning or notice if it detected them. This would help troubleshooting. Kit