GNU bug report logs - #26396
25.1; char-displayable-p on a latin1 tty

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>

Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 02:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

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Message #35 received at 26396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au, eliz <at> gnu.org, 26396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26396: 25.1; char-displayable-p on a latin1 tty
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:07:35 -0400

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  > Wouldn't it be better if Emacs ignored terminal-coding-system when the output 
  > device is a Linux console and Emacs therefore knows exactly which characters the 
  > console can display?

Does Emacs always know for certain?

What if it is talking to that console via ssh?

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