From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14248: 24.3.50; crappy error: "Wow, indirect keymap entry!!" Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: <7BC91D086075441082BDE9910E4ED5A0@us.oracle.com> <87vbwn4g82.fsf@building.gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392058959 23516 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2014 19:02:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:02:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 14248@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 10 20:02:44 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw7v-0006kD-Rn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:02:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57650 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw7v-0003FB-Es for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:02:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60527) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw6R-0000uQ-8G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:01:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw6J-0005GL-3e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:01:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33855) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw6J-0005Fx-0Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:01:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw6I-0002yF-H9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:01:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14248 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14248-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14248.139205885010558 (code B ref 14248); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14248) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2014 19:00:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41750 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw65-0002jC-Eq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:50 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:4805) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCw62-0002Zx-TH for 14248@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:47 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFHO+KAF/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh8BBVYjEAs0EhQYDSSIJMEtkQoDiGGcGYFegxU X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFHO+KAF/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh8BBVYjEAs0EhQYDSSIJMEtkQoDiGGcGYFegxU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="47222393" Original-Received: from 206-248-160-5.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.160.5]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 10 Feb 2014 14:00:41 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D01566011D; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:06:15 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85303 Archived-At: >> >> This error message, in keymap.c, is unhelpful and inappropriate: >> Tell us why you care. > I don't like Emacs (which I like) to issue unhelpful, inappropriate, > crappy error messages. I got the erro message, and it meant nothing > to me. > Users deserve better. Tell us why you do not care. Maintainers also deserve better. E.g. they deserve to know what you did to trigger that error. Stefan "will you learn how to report bugs?"