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Article #87977Death via Rot13
From: Jim Roskind
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 01:13
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 01:13
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It would appear that too much use of rot13 causes a permanent rot13 translation to be present in all windows, and it appears (to me) to be impossible to "get out of this" state. To instigate the bug: Don't do the following in your current emacs. I don't know of anyway to restore the emacs other than terminating it. 1) Start emacs 2) Display a buffer of text (example: ctrl-x f to see current directory) 3) Do a rot13-other-window command. 4) Move into the rot13 buffer (containing the rot13 jive) 5) Do another rot13 (in the already rot13 buffer) Any file you attempt to view will now be in rot13 mode, and I can't figure out how to get out. The only "cleartext" you'll see is in the command buffer, where you can type. I'm currently using emacs version 19.24.1 on a Solaris platform, displaying remotely on an Xterm. I noted the same bug under 19.21 I'd be glad to give you more details about our installation, but I suspect that the bug is *very* reproducible. ...of course... maybe you folks can tell me how to get out of this mode more gracefully than a C-x C-c. ;-) Jim -- Jim Roskind voice: 408.982.4469 fax: 408.986.1889 jar@infoseek.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,72736366b02533e4,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-18 19:00:49 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!ddsw1!panix!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!infoseek.com!jar From: jar@infoseek.com (Jim Roskind) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Death via Rot13 Date: 18 Aug 1994 21:13:43 -0400 Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 35 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <199408190113.SAA11938@infoseek.com>