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24.1.50; Wrong character showed by "C-h c"

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Message #44 received at 12082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, 12082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12082: 24.1.50; Wrong character showed by "C-h c"
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:05:01 +0200

>>   . switch the keyboard to English ("EN" near the system tray), if you
>>     can, and type a couple of pure ASCII characters
>
> [a]
> warning: w32fns: WM_CHAR 0x61
> warning: w32term: 0x61 => 0x61 (cp1252)
>
> [z]
> warning: w32fns: WM_CHAR 0x7a
> warning: w32term: 0x7a => 0x7a (cp1252)
>
>>   . switch the keyboard to Spanish and type ç and M-ç
>
> [ç]
> warning: w32fns: WM_CHAR 0xe7
> warning: w32term: 0xffffffe7 => 0xe7 (cp1252)
>
> [M-ç]
> warning: w32term: 0xffffff87 => 0x2021 (cp1252)
>
> (yes, only one message for this character)
>
>>   . do the latter both with active codepage 850 and 1252

(Thanks Juanma)

All the above was with codepage 850.  Now if I set the codepage to
1252 (in the cmd sessions from where I invoke gdb and Emacs), I see:

[ç]
warning: w32fns: WM_CHAR 0xe7
warning: w32term: 0xffffffe7 => 0xe7 (cp1252)

[M-ç]
warning: w32term: 0xffffffe7 => 0xe7 (cp1252)


-- 
Dani Moncayo

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