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Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:10:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zidfv4k0.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Language: en-US X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:133457 Archived-At: On 06/10/2017 03:52 PM, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > I wonder what you do about low bytes, as in (format "^G%c" ?\a). Do > those just not come up very much? They didn't in my examples. :-) But yes, they do happen, it's just that when they mess things up it tends to be more obvious. It might be nice, I suppose, if there were an option to make them not happen.