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 17:09:17 +0300

> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:06:08 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> 
> On my new PC (Gentoo GNU/Linux), byte compiling in batch mode (e.g. with
> make bootstrap in the master branch) is displaying warning messages with
> symbols "quoted" by the invalid character glyph (a solid square) rather
> than ` and '.  Presumably Emacs is attempting to use single curly
> quotes.
> 
> This is ugly and not helpful.  A fix would be appreciated.

You need to figure out why the logic in startup--setup-quote-display
isn't working in your case.
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