GNU bug report logs - #25108
26.0.50; info node shows octal characters instead of curvy quotes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.50

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 25108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 25108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25108: 26.0.50; info node shows octal characters instead of
 curvy quotes
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:18:25 +0200

> From: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 03:16:14 +0000
> Cc: 25108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> For what it's worth, I tried a current version of makeinfo (version 6.3) and it was so slow that I killed it before it
> finished; I thought something was wrong with it.

It's slow (18 times slower, to be precise) because makeinfo was
reimplemented in Perl.  You can install Texinfo 4.13, which was the
last version with a C implementation, if you are annoyed by the
slowness.
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