From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to debug this problem? Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:21:57 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20a0c1020909041710j216381cbj313e4400ce02a940@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252488219 22884 80.91.229.12 (9 Sep 2009 09:23:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:23:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 09 11:23:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MlJOW-0002he-5X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:23:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46916 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MlJOU-00017w-VF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:23:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlJNM-0000nl-R3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlJNH-0000mc-U6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33814 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MlJNH-0000mW-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:21:59 -0400 Original-Received: from ppsw-5.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.135]:56811) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MlJNH-0007RB-6M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:21:59 -0400 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:59019) by ppsw-5.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.155]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1MlJNG-0006rF-HF (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:21:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:08:13 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115163 Archived-At: On 2009-09-09 04:08 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>>> overwrite-mode is a variable defined in `C source code'. >>>> Its value is >>>> overwrite-mode-textual >>>> Local in buffer *scratch*; global value is nil >>> >>> And what is the value of the overwrite-mode-textual variable? > >> It is " Ovwrt". > > Then I don't understand why it's not working. A wild guess might be it is a bug in the ns port. > What is returned by > > M-: (format-mode-line minor-mode-alist) RET With overwrite-mode enabled, that returns: " Paredit" in the scratch buffer. > -- Stefan Leo