From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6886: 24.0.50; emacs --unibyte doesn't work Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:26 -0400 Message-ID: <8739u68hzt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282513174 18041 80.91.229.12 (22 Aug 2010 21:39:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6886@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 22 23:39:31 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnIGH-0006Qg-EB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:39:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47355 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OnIGG-0003pI-Ni for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:39:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49586 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OnIG4-0003n3-2o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:39:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnIG1-000781-1u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:39:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnIG0-00077v-Va for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:39:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnHuY-0005qx-Iy; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6886 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6886-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6886.128251177422476 (code B ref 6886); Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6886) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2010 21:16:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnHtm-0005qS-51 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:16:14 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.79]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnHtj-0005qM-MZ for 6886@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:16:12 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (173-9-75-145-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.9.75.145]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o7MLHQvw009468 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:27 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A1BCFC057; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:11:56 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39706 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> When I run Emacs as this: >> % emacs --unibyte > >> Emacs doesn't start, but this error message is shown: >> emacs: Attempt to set a constant symbol: enable-multibyte-characters > > We should remove the --unibyte argument, indeed. I've checked a change into the trunk that makes --unibyte do nothing (except for a startup warning).