From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17983: 24.4.50; digit keys in *Messages* unhelpful, hang Emacs, etc. Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:42:30 +0300 Message-ID: <83k37lb1xl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5b50c416-76e8-4221-895b-386d8a192d2b@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405010609 8219 80.91.229.3 (10 Jul 2014 16:43:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:43:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17983@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 10 18:43:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HRH-0001Xr-KD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:43:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39031 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HRG-0000tG-Vs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:43:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35836) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HR7-0000s2-UL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:43:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HR2-0000d4-AQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:43:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37592) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HR2-0000cy-7z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HR1-0000MM-V1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:43:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:43:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17983 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 17983-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17983.14050105641343 (code B ref 17983); Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:43:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17983) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2014 16:42:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52388 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HQe-0000LR-Nv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:42:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:40302) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X5HQY-0000Ks-UF for 17983@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:42:38 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N8I007008OTQT00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 17983@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:42:28 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N8I0075592RDW80@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:42:28 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <5b50c416-76e8-4221-895b-386d8a192d2b@default> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91390 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:25:50 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > 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.