From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: weird tab self insert behavior on windows -- how can I fix? Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:39:48 +0200 Message-ID: <4E55E024.1010106@dogan.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1314250880 7763 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2011 05:41:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:41:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 25 07:41:16 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1QwSgm-0005KX-K8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:41:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50214 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwSgl-00026q-PN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:41:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58510) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwSgg-00026k-4K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:41:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwSge-0000Ol-5G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:41:10 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp05.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.153.6]:60037) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwSge-0000OV-05 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:41:08 -0400 Original-Received: from c80-216-105-155.bredband.comhem.se ([80.216.105.155]:63041 helo=[192.168.0.10]) by ch-smtp05.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QwSg0-0000CG-Ht for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:40:33 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110812 Thunderbird/6.0 In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: 80.216.105.155 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1QwSg0-0000CG-Ht. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp05.sth.basefarm.net 1QwSg0-0000CG-Ht a68fcc735ae472ad1aa976972824461c X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.76.153.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82054 Archived-At: On 2011-08-25 00:21, fork wrote: > Here is my version: > > GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-01-17 > > Sometimes (but not always) when I set tab to self-insert, I get a funky > character inserted (a square with 3c9296 in it) whenever I hit tab. Sometimes > it works fine. > > Has anybody seen this behavior, and know how to fix it? > > I am happy to use a newer test binary, though I always have a hard time finding > them. > The next time you see this behavior: 1. What happens when you hit M-i, which is normally set to `tab-to-tab-stop'? 2. What do you get when you move point over the funky character and hit C-u C-x =? 3. What mode are you in? 4. What do you get when you hit C-h k TAB? All of the output, please. If you find a way to reproduce the behavior, also try downloading the latest Windows binary and see if it is still reproducible. Thanks, Deniz