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Article #99570bug (maybe) when C-x C-q in Minibuffer
From: Mike Coleman
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 1990 01:26
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 1990 01:26
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I accidentally typed C-x C-q while in the Minibuffer (during C-x C-f, for
example) and got some peculiar behavior.
To get the bug, start emacs, then C-x C-f, type 'asdf', then C-x C-q.
Typing any character at this point gives a message that the minibuffer is
read-only. This is sensible enough, although somewhat useless. If a C-g is
executed at this point (i.e., before a second C-x C-q), emacs seems to enter a
slightly bizarre state.
A '%' appears on the mode line before the '('. It is now possible to get into
the minibuffer using C-x C-o and type into it. If you hit a return, emacs
complains "No catch for tag: exit, nil". Hitting space gives "Symbol's
function definition is void: nil". I have seen odd strings like
"\367\377\363\240" appear in the buffer when typing other characters. Typing
C-g gives "no recursive edit in progress"
I know of no fix for this other than exiting the editor.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,740d56f1816fd3c7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-07-13 18:26:57 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!twinsun.com!coleman From: coleman@twinsun.com (Mike Coleman) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: bug (maybe) when C-x C-q in Minibuffer Message-ID: <9007140126.AA23562@spot.twinsun.com> Date: 14 Jul 90 01:26:57 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 18 Posted: Sat Jul 14 02:26:57 1990