GNU bug report logs - #1494
emacs -nw inserts unwanted chars if user is impatient

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul R <paul.r.ml <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:45:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 1495

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

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From: Paul R <paul.r.ml <at> gmail.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: emacs -nw inserts unwanted chars if user is impatient
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:39:28 +0100

Hi,

I usually work on X version of emacs 23. However, sometime, I just want
to alter a config file from the terminal. In this case I type 

   emacs -nw conf_file.conf

Very often I know that the line I want to go to is fairly low so before
emacs has finished to load I'm already pressing C-n waiting for the
display to show line and point. I guess a lot of user do the same and
often don't wait for the display to finish before typing what they want.

In this particular case, emacs would insert strange chars at point, for
example : 1;1704;0c

You won't be warned, and it will be saved along with your real
modifications, which is embarassing.

To reproduce, open any multiline file from the terminal, for example
.bash_history, with 'emacs -nw' and immediatly maintain C-n until the
display come up entirely. You should find at point the strange chars.

Tested with emacs23cvs with -Q on Gnu/Linux with xterm and
gnome-terminal.


-- 
  Paul
Merged 1494 1495. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:15:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 1494 1495. Request was from "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu <at> gmail.com> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:45:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: 1494-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs -nw inserts unwanted chars if user is impatient
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:57:12 -0500

I don't see any other way to handle this, so I've checked in the fix
involving discarding pending input before reading the reply to the
terminal attributes query.
Reply sent to Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>:
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bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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