From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36988: 26.2; Error "Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape" is not too helpful Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 06:21:31 +0200 Message-ID: <87r25ch5pw.fsf@gnus.org> References: <1cef4784-f090-4a83-b54d-496f23569dd3@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="104949"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 36988@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 23 06:22:18 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i115d-000RBK-Ml for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 06:22:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51286 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i115c-0002E2-GD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:22:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39672) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i115Q-0002Bz-Qp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:22:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i115O-0001MQ-PZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58204) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i115O-0001MJ-Mn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:22:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i115O-0001kg-Gu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 04:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36988 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36988-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36988.15665340996689 (code B ref 36988); Fri, 23 Aug 2019 04:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36988) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Aug 2019 04:21:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38789 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i1150-0001jo-U6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:21:39 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:39830) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i114x-0001je-ER for 36988@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i114t-0003f7-II; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 06:21:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1cef4784-f090-4a83-b54d-496f23569dd3@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 9 Aug 2019 09:25:01 -0700 (PDT)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:165632 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > emacs -Q > > Put this text in *scratch*, then move point to bob: > > "\u2" > > Then evaluate (read (current-buffer)). You get this error: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape") > read(#) > eval((read (current-buffer)) nil) > eval-expression((read (current-buffer)) nil nil 127) > funcall-interactively(eval-expression (read (current-buffer)) nil nil 127) > call-interactively(eval-expression nil nil) > command-execute(eval-expression) [...] > Perhaps there could be some way to point more or less to the offensive > "Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape"? In this case, the offense was > apparently committed by the \u. No, the quote mark. I've now changed this error message to be a bit more helpful: Non-hex character used for Unicode escape: " (34) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no