From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Al Petrofsky <al@petrofsky.org>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 64138@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64138: 28.2; C-x ) won't accept the universal argument
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:50:50 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fs6pp8l1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPMQwz67koRW-FCGmGthaGou38q+_ZECdZ=y5G2dj=U04vzZng@mail.gmail.com> (message from Al Petrofsky on Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:47:47 -0400)
> From: Al Petrofsky <al@petrofsky.org>
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:47:47 -0400
>
> emacs-28.2 -Q -nw
> C-x ( x C-u C-x )
>
> The C-u C-x ) should complete the macro definition and then execute
> the macro three times, making the buffer contents "xxxx". Instead,
> the error "Wrong type argument: fixnump, (4)" occurs.
>
> (Changing "C-u" to "C-u 4" gives the expected result.)
>
> The "P" in the interactive declaration of kmacro-end-macro should be a
> "p".
These commands always required a numeric prefix argument, and that is
how they are documented. So just "C-u" is invalid, you should use
"C-u 4" instead.
I have no objections to extending those commands to accept just C-u,
though. Stefan, any reasons why not?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-18 6:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-17 23:47 bug#64138: 28.2; C-x ) won't accept the universal argument Al Petrofsky
2023-06-18 6:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-06-18 11:00 ` Al Petrofsky
2023-06-18 11:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 13:05 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-18 13:36 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-18 14:08 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-21 14:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
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