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24.5; Missing preview of entered unicode codepoints (C-q codepoint SPC)

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Message #24 received at 24635-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: 24635-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, qqwy <at> gmx.com
Subject: Re: bug#24635: 24.5;
 Missing preview of entered unicode codepoints (C-q codepoint SPC)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:10:47 +0200

> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:54:12 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 24635 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, qqwy <at> gmx.com
> 
> > > Failing that, I'm inclined to go back to using read-event in
> > > read-quoted-char.  After all, we didn't have any bug reports due to
> > > that, and the echo is a valuable feature, IMO.
> > 
> > Indeed, the scenarios where read-key is preferable to read-event in the
> > context of read-quoted-char are fairly hypothetical.
> > 
> > So, we should probably revert that for now, but adding a comment about
> > why we don't use read-key.
> 
> OK, will do in a couple of days if no one objects.

Done on the release branch.

> The commit I pointed to made 2 more changes in read-quoted-char,
> related to the way unread-command-events is set.  I understand that
> those two changes also need to be reverted when we go back to using
> read-event, right?

I reverted those as well.

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