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

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Message #74 received at 28242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 28242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28242: Batch mode compiling: Error messages are displayed
 with "invalid character" glyph bounding symbols.
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:59:58 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> What if the output of Emacs is 
>> being sent to a file or pipe, and some other program later displays the text?
>
> I don't think we should care.  The primary goal is to have batch-mode
> messages to the screen display legibly.  If another program later
> examines the results, it's a problem for that other program.  In
> particular, if that other program is Emacs, we already have the
> solution for displaying these quotes in interactive sessions.

If I skim this thread correctly, I think the general sentiment was that
this wasn't something that should be fixed, so I'm closing this bug report.

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