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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 12992@debbugs.gnu.org, simenheg@ifi.uio.no
Subject: bug#12992: 24.2.90.1; `C-x 8 RET RET': `Wrong type argument: characterp, nil'
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:23:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83a9tplzpu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ehj19vd7.fsf@gnu.org>

> From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
> Cc: Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg@ifi.uio.no>,
>   12992@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:37:56 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> `C-x 8 RET RET' gives `Wrong type argument: characterp, nil' in Emacs
> >> version 24.2.90.1, whereas in version 24.2.1 it produces the message
> >> `Not a Unicode character'.
> >
> > Neither of which is nice.
> 
> How about simply changing the message to "You didn't specify a
> character", similar to C-h f RET?

Or "No character specified".  Yes, that's much better, IMO.






  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-08  8:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-25 11:55 bug#12992: 24.2.90.1; `C-x 8 RET RET': `Wrong type argument: characterp, nil' Simen Heggestøyl
2012-11-25 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-08  1:37   ` Chong Yidong
2012-12-08  8:23     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-12-08 11:05       ` Chong Yidong

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