[jidanni@jidanni.org: don't assume ELF binaries are multicultural text]

[jidanni@jidanni.org: don't assume ELF binaries are multicultural text]

[Richard Stallman]

Would someone like to try doing this?  Please ack.

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:36:14 +0800
Subject: don't assume ELF binaries are multicultural text
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$ emacs /bin/sh
Loading thai-util...
Loading mule-util...done
Loading thai-util...done
Loading lao-util...done
Loading ind-util...done
Loading composite...done
Loading tibet-util...done

Got an idea, why not say "Uh, Holmes, /bin/sh is a ELF 32-bit LSB
executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0,
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, stripped,
shall we w: wrongly assume it is multicultural text, thus bloating
emacs for the remainder of the session, h: invoke some hex editing
mode, q: back out of your certainly mistaken attempt to open the wrong
file, f: forever allow me to blunder ahead as multicultural text next
time..."


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Re: [jidanni@jidanni.org: don't assume ELF binaries are multicultural text]

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Would someone like to try doing this?  Please ack.
>
> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
>
> $ emacs /bin/sh
> Loading thai-util...
> Loading mule-util...done
> Loading thai-util...done
> Loading lao-util...done
> Loading ind-util...done
> Loading composite...done
> Loading tibet-util...done

I can't reproduce this.

Re: [jidanni@jidanni.org: don't assume ELF binaries are multicultural text]

[Nick Roberts]

 > > Would someone like to try doing this?  Please ack.
 > >
 > > From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
 > >
 > > $ emacs /bin/sh
 > > Loading thai-util...
 > > Loading mule-util...done
 > > Loading thai-util...done
 > > Loading lao-util...done
 > > Loading ind-util...done
 > > Loading composite...done
 > > Loading tibet-util...done
 > 
 > I can't reproduce this.

Neither can I.  It might be because I have GNU/Linux 2.6.9 while the report
was made on GNU/Linux 2.2.0.  I don't think we should waste our time on such
bug reports.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: [jidanni@jidanni.org: don't assume ELF binaries are multicultural text]

[Miles Bader]

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:
> I can't reproduce this.

Me neither -- it just uses the coding system `raw-text-unix' (which
seems pretty appropriate), and loads no special files.

-Miles
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