Subject: bug#24624: 24.4; Faulty info link -> definition of nth

From: Tomas Nordin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 23:10:42 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> [Please keep the bug address on the CC list.]
>

Sorry, saw now it is written in the acknowledge letter.

> What does this line say in the elisp.info file you have installed:
>
>   Ref: Definition of nth^?264186

Ref: Definition of nth255737

>
> What is the number at the end of the line in your case?
>
> And if you type this command:
>
>   M-x find-file-literally RET /path/to/elisp.info RET
>
> then go to this line:
>
>  -- Function: nth n list
>
> and type "C-x =", what does Emacs show in the echo area?

Char: SPC (32, #o40, #x20) point=251238 of 3485344 (7%) column=0

but it was the gzipped file and not found literally...

>
> If your elisp.info file is gzip-compressed, then do this instead:
>
>   C-x C-f  /path/to/elisp.info.gz RET
>   C-x Function: nth RET
>   M-: (position-bytes (point)) RET
>

255722 (#o763352, #x3e6ea)

(standing at column 0)

>
> and tell what that yields, and how does that compare with the number
> at the end of the "Ref:" line shown above.

Ref: Definition of nth255737
(- 255722 255737) -> -15

> Thanks.