Re: ibus-mode under Emacs 24

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> The error is "Hex character out of range: \\x2000000", and it's
> triggered by this bit of code in ibus.el:

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (if (and (null keybind)
> 		 (integerp event)
> 		 (memq 'shift (event-modifiers event)))
> 	    ;; Reset the 25th bit corresponding to the shift key
> 	    (setq event (logand event (lognot ?\x2000000))
> 		  keybind (key-binding (vector event))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> I have no idea what this does, and suspect I never will, but I'm
> wondering if anyone out there can tell me -- is this an easy error to
> fix? Does this hex value somehow "correspond to the shift key" in a
> different way under emacs 24?

When you encounter such problems in unreleased software, please report
it to the developers so they get a chance to fix it before the release.

I.e. do M-x report-emacs-bug RET.

> Anyway, any light that could be shed on this would be received
> gratefully.

You can use #x2000000 instead of ?\x2000000 to work around the problem
until it gets solved.


        Stefan