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 17:57:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y4w1b6s2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f55d790b-64ff-46a1-a051-55e9f9306599@default>
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 19:35:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> C-q 7
>
> Nothing. Nada.
>
> C-q 7 C-q 7 C-q 7. You see ^G inserted each time (except the first)
> that you hit C-q (not when you hit 7), because 7 acts as a prefix arg
> for the following ^Q. Wunderbar. A feature, no doubt.
As Glenn points out, this is normal (and very old) behavior of C-q,
which is well documented.
> 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.
> 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.
But everything else you describe isn't, or is not reproducible here.
> C-q should simply quote the 7, as it should quote other characters you
> type (including ^U, BTW).
No, numeric characters after C-q behave specially.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-10 2:35 bug#17983: 24.4.50; digit keys in *Messages* unhelpful, hang Emacs, etc 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 [this message]
2014-07-10 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] <<f55d790b-64ff-46a1-a051-55e9f9306599@default>
[not found] ` <<83y4w1b6s2.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-07-10 16:25 ` Drew Adams
2014-07-10 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<83lhs1b5b9.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-07-10 16:26 ` Drew Adams
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