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23.0.92; ucs-insert: Completion does not work correctly with Unicode Character Name Input

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: Ashutosh Mehra <ashutoshmehra <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#2957 closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> (Re:
 bug#2957: 23.0.92; ucs-insert: Completion does not work correctly)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:45:05 +0000

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which was filed against the emacs package:

#2957: 23.0.92; ucs-insert: Completion does not work correctly with Unicode  Character Name Input

It has been closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ashutosh Mehra <ashutoshmehra <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>,
        2957-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2957: 23.0.92; ucs-insert: Completion does not work correctly
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:39:07 -0400

> Yes, any normal character would get inserted (but not SPC). Sorry for
> the ambiguity.

Thanks.

> Also, I have to confess, I never noticed that partial completion
> inserted an extra space in the middle of "GREEK LETTER ALPHA" for me
> to type in CAPITAL/SMALL.

No need to confess.

> Stefan, I have emacs pretest 23.0.92.1, and could not apply your patch
> cleanly (~170 lines appear to have been added in your
> lisp/minibuffer.el before the first hunk, and the "string-match" was
> "string-match-p" in my version of minibuffer.el).  So, I applied the
> changes manually, but the original behavior persisted.  Emacs doesn't
> let me type a SPC (unless I use C-q SPC) after the partial input
> "GREEK LETTER ALPHA".  I will anyway try out the coming pretests.

Thanks for going through the trouble.
The file is precompiled, so you'd need to rebuild Emacs (or to use
M-C-x to reevaluate the definition) to see the difference.
I've installed my patch, so it should be fixed in the next pretest.
If not, please reopen the bug.


        Stefan

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From: Ashutosh Mehra <ashutoshmehra <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.92; ucs-insert: Completion does not work correctly with Unicode 
	Character Name Input
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:22:13 +0530

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org mailing list.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

BUG DESCRIPTION:
When I type the following:
C-x 8 RET greek letter alpha
and press TAB, I get several choices for the greek letter alpha
variants. But I'm unable to type anything into the minibuffer (neither
SPC nor any character) -- Emacs just doesn't accept the input. If I
press RET at this point, I get the error message "ucs-insert: Not a
Unicode character code: nil".
I tried with "emacs -Q" (no init files), and I still get this
incorrect behavior.

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
d:/Progs/emacs/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-03-31 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
M-x C-g C-x 8 <return> g r e e k SPC l e <tab> <tab>
a l p <tab> <tab> SPC SPC SPC w <tab> <tab> <backspace>
<tab> <tab> <return> M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <
return>

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Quit
Loading Unicode character names...done
Making completion list... [6 times]
ucs-insert: Not a Unicode character code: nil

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