From unknown Thu Sep 11 06:33:48 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#12842 <12842@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#12842 <12842@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.2.50; ansi-term does not recognize escape sequence Reply-To: bug#12842 <12842@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:33:48 +0000 retitle 12842 24.2.50; ansi-term does not recognize escape sequence reassign 12842 emacs submitter 12842 Marcelo Lacerda severity 12842 important thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Nov 09 11:56:36 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Nov 2012 16:56:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58228 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWrsg-00070C-P2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:56:36 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46674) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWl09-0001MK-MW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:35:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWkzx-00032c-4i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:35:42 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:47447) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWkzx-00032W-1W for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:35:37 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42931) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWkzr-0004w2-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:35:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWkzl-00031H-5D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:35:31 -0500 Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:41114) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWkzl-00031A-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:35:25 -0500 Received: by mail-ie0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 10so6901464ied.0 for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:35:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=HzMFWYNcBwGiMF7ZkSUMdFqFDlWp+WpBa7KxkOOQzMo=; b=GreCNk+xiqs2L9YaWc5IXaITcbTHYEmW0aunbgnpQ7QBTrUbIp00rgPjTm9eTSlcXq efpMCv/RQxQrpWg9BvZzQW/7l2XST1toHR+I3KqFDJ6FsfHq43PnQWqaWjQ3cbi8Y8G6 46QFOdsJnplpdnkgBn1LAwfljHQ/p+DB5TkpDT8rYRK3INFnMR9bGZ9kgpDUXGxJzjz1 gPBI0R/PNQTYU1n1rjwJqls47gAl6Kf4ZMAAXshX7G3d8YtsZOQWBvHe0NADompVUJ2b lR1dZ6yHKq/EXpkmsSY0i4NnnWjrEk1YfYP1Jl/GbqDWEP8uEc/4yuMwXWF0/kEdmcfK v71w== Received: by 10.50.91.195 with SMTP id cg3mr795797igb.57.1352453723927; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:35:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.37.131 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Nov 2012 01:35:03 -0800 (PST) From: Marcelo Lacerda Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 07:35:03 -0200 Message-ID: Subject: 24.2.50; ansi-term does not recognize escape sequence To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:56:33 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) Whenever I try to use a escape sequence in ansi-term "C-c" it is sent immediatelly to the shell. Steps: emacs -Q RET M-x ansi-term RET C-c In GNU Emacs 24.2.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-09-14 on cho-clotho Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000 Configured using: `configure '--prefix=/home/marcelo/bin/emacs_prefix'' Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: M-x a n s i - t e r m C-c M-x C-x b M-x a n r e p o r Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. user-error: Beginning of history; no preceding item Making completion list... [2 times] call-interactively: End of buffer Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils help-mode term disp-table easymenu ehelp electric ring time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) -- Marcelo Lacerda From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Nov 09 14:00:48 2012 Received: (at 12842) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Nov 2012 19:00:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58318 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWtot-0001VK-Ey for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:47 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:39335) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWtor-0001VC-7X for 12842@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:46 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWtoi-00011U-4h; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:36 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Marcelo Lacerda Subject: Re: bug#12842: 24.2.50; ansi-term does not recognize escape sequence References: X-Spook: Ft. Knox Firefly BATF World Trade Center 2600 Magazine X-Ran: n@J~?pVS=|DG:JO~~bkR@3ij& (Marcelo Lacerda's message of "Fri, 9 Nov 2012 07:35:03 -0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.6 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 12842 Cc: 12842@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) Marcelo Lacerda wrote: > Whenever I try to use a escape sequence in ansi-term "C-c" it is sent > immediatelly to the shell. > > Steps: > > emacs -Q RET > M-x ansi-term RET > C-c Thanks for the report. I think this is due to the 2012-05-11 changes to term-set-escape-char. term.el does this at top-level: (term-set-escape-char (or term-escape-char ?\C-c)) M-x ansi-term does this: (term-set-escape-char ?\C-x) In Emacs 24.2, the net result is that both C-x and C-c acts as escape chars in ansi-term. In 24.2.50, the C-x binding replaces the C-c one. I don't know what the intended ansi-term behaviour was. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Nov 09 14:45:20 2012 Received: (at 12842) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Nov 2012 19:45:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58380 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWuVy-0003ge-1O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:45:20 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:40064) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWuVu-0003e0-3B for 12842@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:45:15 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWuVk-0002Vb-MU; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:45:04 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Marcelo Lacerda Subject: Re: bug#12842: 24.2.50; ansi-term does not recognize escape sequence References: X-Spook: Putin import ASLET Kosovo Attorney General Consul SAFE X-Ran: q1dsFtN5 (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:35 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.6 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 12842 Cc: 12842@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.6 (----) I suppose this change will bring back the traditional ansi-term behaviour. The other option is to remove this term-set-escape-char call altogether (then we get the same bug report from someone used to the C-x binding). *** lisp/term.el 2012-09-27 07:05:37 +0000 --- lisp/term.el 2012-11-09 19:41:36 +0000 *************** *** 4180,4186 **** ;; your mileage may definitely vary, maybe it's better to put this in your ;; .emacs ... ! (term-set-escape-char ?\C-x) (switch-to-buffer term-ansi-buffer-name)) --- 4180,4187 ---- ;; your mileage may definitely vary, maybe it's better to put this in your ;; .emacs ... ! (let (term-escape-char) ! (term-set-escape-char ?\C-x)) (switch-to-buffer term-ansi-buffer-name)) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Nov 15 01:19:17 2012 Received: (at 12842-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2012 06:19:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43543 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TYsnF-00032t-IA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:19:17 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:42362) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TYsnC-00032m-Iq for 12842-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:19:15 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYsmX-0008AA-IQ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:18:33 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: 12842-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#12842: 24.2.50; ansi-term does not recognize escape sequence References: X-Spook: SCUD missile clandestine MD4 Albanian Armani number key X-Ran: yV;uyAg/jhjQT3m\)4 (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:45:04 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 12842-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) Version: 24.3 No comments, so I installed my suggestion in emacs-24. 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