From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a hyper keybinding for unicode gave a strange kbd macro error Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:02:26 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244482923 27914 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2009 17:42:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:42:03 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 08 19:42:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MDirA-0004GA-PZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:42:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37556 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDirA-0006Ul-6t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:42:00 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!bigfeed3.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:01:57 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.131.243 Original-X-Trace: sv3-WURICtmQjcZY0DvaAf0uK7nQX2IDvxd01azf+mblLThVhsBvu44U6ybXZctkC9/HH2hIXxRGcMEN8Ai!AvrK8OkJkLC7iaCTB2BFTSwNyyPt0K1Pxk5ix+CQRaA86lP5bzk/7I3XSOuNdbBLAkiVFS3srZ+3!sZTjfqqm3fdPjuAVDR19ISnP/7MR8+g= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:169820 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:65047 Archived-At: Xah Lee wrote: > i have this defined in my emacs: > > (global-set-key (kbd "H-*") "°") > > which inserts a degree character when Hyper + Shift + 8 is pressed. > > works fine in OS X, but on Windows Vista + emacsW32, it gives this > error: > “After 0 kbd macro iterations: Keyboard macro terminated by a command > ringing the bell” > > any idea? > > GNU Emacs 23.0.94.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6001) of 2009-05-28 on > LENNART-69DE564 (patched) > > Thanks. > > Xah > ∑ http://xahlee.org/ Works ok here (win2000 and Emacs w32 22.3) Not Lennart's patch though. Ascii control character 7 not 8 is BEL so I suppose the macro issues a ^G. I have no idea why Emacs 23 or Vista would act differently in this context. Ed