Subject: bug#17877: 24.3.92; Errors from cua-rectangle-mark-mode

From: penthief <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:36:32 +0100

Emacs can be put into a state where calling #'cua-rectangle-mark-mode 
results in an error.

1. Create file bug-cua-rectangle.el with the following contents:

(require 'cua-rect)

(defun bug-cua-rectangle ()
   (interactive)
   (cua-rectangle-mark-mode)
   (cua-toggle-rectangle-mark)
   (cua-rectangle-mark-mode))

2. Start Emacs:

$ emacs -Q -l ~/bug-cua-rectangle.el

3. Eval bug-cua-rectangle:

M-x bug-cua-rectange

The following is output in the *Messages* buffer:

cua--activate-rectangle: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

Emacs is now in a state where we cannot enable cua-rectangle-mark-mode, 
and repeatedly calling #'cua-rectangle-mark-mode results in the 
following messages:

cua--activate-rectangle: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
Cua-Rectangle-Mark mode disabled
cua--activate-rectangle: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
Cua-Rectangle-Mark mode disabled
cua--activate-rectangle: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

Regards,
Matt

In GNU Emacs 24.3.92.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8)
  of 2014-06-29 on zz
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 
11.0.11501000
System Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Configured using:
  `configure --with-dbus --with-libotf --with-m17n-flt'

Important settings:
   value of $LC_CTYPE: en_US.UTF-8
   value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
   cua-rectangle-mark-mode: t
   tooltip-mode: t
   electric-indent-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 b u g - c <tab> <return> y M-x r e p <tab> - e
- b <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
This will modify the current buffer. Continue? (y or n) y
Mark set
C-?:help M-p:pad M-o:open M-c:close M-b:blank M-s:string M-f:fill 
M-i:incr M-n:seq
cua--activate-rectangle: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
Making completion list...

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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