GNU bug report logs - #17702
24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 14:15:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: 17702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 13:11:42 -0700

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On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org> wrote:

> In Emacs 24.3, typing
>    C-x 8 RET bell RET
> results in character #x1f541 being inserted (which on my system is
> displayed as a box with text 01F 514 inside).
>
> I would expect the command to insert character #x7 (ASCII BEL
> character, C-g) instead, which is also the behaviour that I get in
> Emacs 23.4.
>

Is there a reason you can't use `C-q C-g' to insert this character?

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