GNU bug report logs - #1215
23.0.60; unibyte->multibyte conversion problem (in search-forward and friends)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Eduardo Ochs" <eduardoochs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:10:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 1215 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs <at> gmail.com>, 1215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1215: 23.0.60; unibyte->multibyte conversion problem (in
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:37:54 -0500

> Sorry, but I don't see that.
>   emacs -Q
> then I evaluate this:
>   (with-temp-file "/temp/guillemets.txt"
>     (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
>     (setq buffer-file-coding-system 'raw-text-unix)
>     (insert ?« "Test" ?» ?\n))

You're cheating: remove the (set-buffer-multibyte nil).
Otherwise you're not actually inserting the ?« char but the #xAB
byte instead.


        Stefan
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