Subject: Re: bug#2375: 23.0.90; ^ in gnus summary buffer does not work in the nextstep build

From: Harald Maier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:46:36 +0100

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> I think the bug is in the definition of ns-unput-working-text (or in
>>> the way ns-unput-working-text and ns-unput-working-text (both events
>>> and functions) interact).
>>> 
>>> Not sure why ns-working-overlay was nil in your case, so either
>>> ns-unput-working-text should be careful to handle the case where that
>>> variable is nil, or some other code should make sure that it can't be
>>> nil when we reach ns-unput-working-text.
>
>> It seems this is a bug in ns-insert-working-text, and it's already
>> mentioned there in a FIXME comment:
>
>> ;; FIXME: if buffer is read-only, don't try to insert anything
>> ;;  and if text is bound to a command, execute that instead (Bug#1453)
>
>> The Gnus group and summary buffers are read only, so what we're dealing
>> here seems to be a duplicate of Bug #1453.
>
> What happens after the patch below?  It's not intended to fix #1453.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
> --- ns-win.el.~1.36.~ 2009-02-07 11:23:03.000000000 -0500
> +++ ns-win.el 2009-02-19 13:21:57.000000000 -0500

Yes, I can confirm that the patch fixes the caret character (^) in the
gnus group and summary buffer. 

Harald