GNU bug report logs - #15339
24.3.50; Control characters are displayed as square in describe-char

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: xfq.free <at> gmail.com, schwab <at> suse.de,
 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>, 15339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15339: 24.3.50;
 Control characters are displayed as square in describe-char
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:53:36 -0400

tags 15339 fixed
close 15339 25.1
quit

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:24:24 +0200
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>>  Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>,
>>  15339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> > On a text terminal, the character is written literally, which messes up
>> > the display (FF has the effect of moving the cursor down).
>> > 
>> > Andreas.
>> 
>> Yes, that happens on OSX also.
>
> Perhaps for control characters, the default should be not to show the
> decomposition.

This seems to have been done in Emacs 25.

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