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Subject: 23.0.60; char-to-string crashes emacs

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
To: help-emacs-windows <at> gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Subject: 23.0.60; char-to-string crashes emacs
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:16:42 -0500

Evaluating following form:
(char-to-string 3008)
Caused emacs to hang

---------------------
In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-10-23 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/g/include'

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  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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Message #10 received at 2332 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>, 2332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2332: Subject: 23.0.60; char-to-string crashes emacs
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:58:29 +0800

MON KEY wrote:
> Evaluating following form:
> (char-to-string 3008)
> Caused emacs to hang
>
> ---------------------
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-10-23 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
>   

Can you please try the 23.0.90 pretest. I can't reproduce the problem, 
but since it involves Tamil, it may depend on the fonts installed and 
the uniscribe version.

Message #21 received at 2332 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: 2332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Subject: Re: bug#2332: Subject: 23.0.60; char-to-string crashes emacs
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:21:41 +0800

Jason Rumney wrote:
> MON KEY wrote:
>> Evaluating following form:
>> (char-to-string 3008)
>> Caused emacs to hang
>>
>> ---------------------
>> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>>  of 2008-10-23 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
>>   
>
> Can you please try the 23.0.90 pretest. I can't reproduce the problem, 
> but since it involves Tamil, it may depend on the fonts installed and 
> the uniscribe version.

Please try the 23.0.91 pretest so we can find out if this problem has 
already been fixed since October.

Message #26 received at 2332-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Cc: 2332-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2332: Subject: 23.0.60; char-to-string crashes emacs
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:20:23 +0800

MON KEY wrote:
> Jason,
>
> Not sure what you want to hear back but this emacs doesn't fall over.
>
> ; (insert (format "\nthis is what I get %s <--" (char-to-string 3008)))
> this is what I get ீ <--
>
> I've attached a screen shot for your viewing pleasure.
>
> Best,
> Stan
>   
Thank you for confirming that Emacs no longer crashes, and appears to be 
inserting the correct character.

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