GNU bug report logs - #31351
27.0; Cannot send bug report with Outlook if text includes backquoted sexps

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 00:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Merged with 29074

Found in versions 26.0, 27.0

Fixed in version 26.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #37 received at 31351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 31351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#31351: 27.0;	Cannot send bug report with Outlook if text
 includes backquoted sexps
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 08:30:37 -0700 (PDT)

> > > Could you try patching browse-url.el, and then making a report
> > > with quotes in the Subject?  That should work after the patch.
> >
> > I did that, but it did not solve the problem - I get the same error.
> 
> Sorry for asking the trivial: are you sure you byte-compiled the
> modified browse-url.el and loaded it into Emacs before trying?

No. I just modified that function and evaled the updated defun.

I've done what you suggest now - copied the whole file, updated
it, byte-compiled it, and loaded the *.elc.

And yes, that seems to fix the problem.  Thx.
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