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: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 28242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28242: Batch mode compiling: Error messages are displayed with "invalid character" glyph bounding symbols.
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 16:56:46 +0000

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 09:40:48 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Why are these curly quotes being output without first checking that the
> > device they're being output to can display them?

> Please test whether GCC generates curved quotes in the same environment, using 
> the recipe I suggested in my previous email. That could help us diagnose the 
> problem.

This is the Emacs list, not the GCC list.  The problem is already
diagnosed: Emacs is outputting non-displayable characters.

Now please answer the question: why are curly quotes being output without
first checking that the device they're being output to can display them?

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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