From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 17983@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17983: 24.4.50; digit keys in *Messages* unhelpful, hang Emacs, etc.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:42:30 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k37lb1xl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5b50c416-76e8-4221-895b-386d8a192d2b@default>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 17983@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> It would be good, IMO, if there were some echo-area feedback when
> you hit an octal digit after C-q. Please consider that enhancement
> request.
It's not an enhancement: all Emacs versions before 24.4 did echo the
input. This is a regression that should be fixed.
> > > C-q 7 7 7. Now Emacs is hosed - in Neverneverland. ESC ESC ESC no
> > > good; C-g no good. No mouse, no keys, nada. And no CPU use. Just
> > > hosed.
> >
> > Not here, it isn't. After "C-q 7 7 7", any key gets something
> > inserted, and there's no hang. None.
>
> As I said before, sometimes it happens and sometimes it does not.
I tried many times, and couldn't get it to hang.
> > > Regardless of whether it freezes each time, if you hit C-q and then
> > > 7 one or more times there is no feedback - already a no-no (bug).
> >
> > That's indeed a bug, worthy of a separate bug report.
>
> See above. There should be no need for a separate report. This was
> part of this report, from the beginning. If you want to create a
> separate report for it or rename the subject to better reflect this,
> feel free to do so.
There are too many issues in this report, so I filed a new one for the
lack of echo.
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[not found] ` <<83y4w1b6s2.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-07-10 16:25 ` bug#17983: 24.4.50; digit keys in *Messages* unhelpful, hang Emacs, etc Drew Adams
2014-07-10 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] ` <<83lhs1b5b9.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-07-10 16:26 ` Drew Adams
2014-07-10 2:35 Drew Adams
2014-07-10 2:42 ` Drew Adams
2014-07-10 7:10 ` Glenn Morris
2014-07-10 13:55 ` Drew Adams
2014-07-10 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-10 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-10 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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