GNU bug report logs - #17659
24.3.90; C-x 8 ? displays help instead of inserting INVERTED QUESTION MARK

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 04:01:01 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.90

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>, 17659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17659: 24.3.90; C-x 8 ? displays help instead of inserting INVERTED QUESTION MARK
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:23:57 +0800
On 2014-06-18 23:33 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> BTW, maybe it was obvious to someone, but it wasn't to me, so I'll
> mention that this is a regression w.r.t 24.3 and it is caused by the
> change documented in NEWS:
>
> *** The key `?' now describes prefix bindings, like `C-h'.

There were some consequences that weren't obvious at the time of that
change. Gladly the dark corners are gone one by one, I mean thanks for
the fix.

Leo




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