GNU bug report logs - #28242
Batch mode compiling: Error messages are displayed with "invalid character" glyph bounding symbols.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 28242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28242: Batch mode compiling: Error messages are displayed with "invalid character" glyph bounding symbols.
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:12:04 +0300

> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 17:06:59 +0000
> Cc: 28242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> 
> Perhaps the problem is that that function (or some equivalent) isn't
> being called, and Emacs is outputting non-displayable characters
> regardless.

No, I think the problem is in the function using_utf8, called from
'main'.  Does it return true in your case?  If so, what does
terminal-coding-system return in your case in the -batch invocation,
and what is the value of locale-coding-system in that case?
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