From unknown Thu Aug 14 20:53:39 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#3203 <3203@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#3203 <3203@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.0.92; emacs 23.0.93 on windows fails at startup with "Unsupported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950" Reply-To: bug#3203 <3203@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:53:39 +0000 retitle 3203 23.0.92; emacs 23.0.93 on windows fails at startup with "Unsup= ported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950" reassign 3203 emacs submitter 3203 "Lee. YJ \(GSM\)" severity 3203 serious thanks From yj_lee@Compalcomm.com Sun May 3 19:10:01 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 May 2009 02:10:01 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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YJ \(GSM\)" To: Cc: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2009 01:47:22.0067 (UTC) FILETIME=[443BEA30:01C9CC5A] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-Greylist: delayed 1342 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at monty-python; Sun, 03 May 2009 22:09:49 EDT Hi, I got emacs 23.0.93 for windows from http://alpha.gnu.org and unzip it to c:/emacs/emacs-23.0.93. and I invoked emacs like below on cmd.exe command prompt: D:\>c:\emacs\emacs-23.0.93\bin\emacs.exe -Q Unsupported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950 It just fails and cannot enter emacs at all. I guess maybe it's because i'm using the Windows Vista Traditional Chinese Version. Emacs tries to set cp950 as default the keyboard encoding but fails. but it's just my guess. could you please check? Regards, Liyuray In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6001) of 2009-04-27 on YJ-PC Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.0.6001 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.3)' 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: CHT value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: cp950 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Emacs-Lisp Minor modes in effect: shell-dirtrack-mode: t recentf-mode: t display-time-mode: t display-battery-mode: t desktop-save-mode: t cua-mode: t 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 size-indication-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: q =20 C-s=20 s t r a w C-x o C-x 1=20 =20 C-h t n C-x k y =20 C-x=20 b z z a z u g n n=20 p =20 =20 d x y e s =20 C-x d c : / e=20 m a c s / g n n p n p n R e m a c s - 2 3=20 . 0 . 9 2 . 3 g p=20 n v g n n n n n v g g s n n n n n n n n q =20 C-x=20 b l i s p g s C-s i n t e r n a =20 g n p v g s g n n n C-s k b e=20 C-s s h i f t - j i s C-k C-k C-v C-v=20 ; C-k 1 SPC 1 )=20 C-M-p C-M-u C-M-n C-M-u C-M-n C-M-u C-M-n C-x C-s M-x=20 y b y t SPC c o m SPC SPC SPC =20 e n c o M-x l o a d SPC f SPC =20 e M-p M-! w h i c h SPC e m a c s =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Recent messages: Mark saved where search started [3 times] Mark set [2 times] Saving file c:/emacs/emacs-23.0.93/lisp/international/encoded-kb.el... 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YJ (GSM)" , 3203@debbugs.gnu.org CC: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, liyuray@gmail.com Subject: Re: bug#3203: 23.0.92; emacs 23.0.93 on windows fails at startup with "Unsupported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Lee. YJ (GSM) wrote: > Hi, > > I got emacs 23.0.93 for windows from http://alpha.gnu.org and unzip it > to c:/emacs/emacs-23.0.93. > and I invoked emacs like below on cmd.exe command prompt: > > D:\>c:\emacs\emacs-23.0.93\bin\emacs.exe -Q > Unsupported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950 > > It just fails and cannot enter emacs at all. > I guess maybe it's because i'm using the Windows Vista Traditional > Chinese Version. > Emacs tries to set cp950 as default the keyboard encoding but fails. > but it's just my guess. > could you please check? > This error also occurs on GNU/Linux with Emacs trunk from 2009-04-15 started as follows: LANG=zh_TW emacs -Q In my case (both GNU/Linux and Windows) the unsupported coding system is reported as chinese-big5, but cp950 is just an alias of that. From cyd@stupidchicken.com Mon May 4 18:58:36 2009 Received: (at control) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 May 2009 01:58:36 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL,VALID_BTS_CONTROL autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n451wXw4024277 for ; Mon, 4 May 2009 18:58:34 -0700 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B8DFD57E25E; Mon, 4 May 2009 21:58:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: severity 3203 serious Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 21:58:40 -0400 Message-ID: <87zlds71kf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii severity 3203 serious thanks From cyd@stupidchicken.com Mon May 4 19:02:19 2009 Received: (at 3203) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 May 2009 02:02:20 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,FOURLA,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4522HbO025588 for <3203@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 4 May 2009 19:02:18 -0700 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4645757E25E; Mon, 4 May 2009 22:02:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: Kenichi Handa Cc: Jason Rumney , "Lee. YJ \(GSM\)" , 3203@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#3203: 23.0.92; emacs 23.0.93 on windows fails at startup Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 22:02:24 -0400 Message-ID: <87ws8w71e7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > It just fails and cannot enter emacs at all. > > > > Unsupported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950 > > This error also occurs on GNU/Linux with Emacs trunk from 2009-04-15 > started as follows: > > LANG=zh_TW emacs -Q > > In my case (both GNU/Linux and Windows) the unsupported coding system > is reported as chinese-big5, but cp950 is just an alias of that. Could this have to do with the change introduced in bug#1654? http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1654 From handa@m17n.org Thu May 7 19:27:26 2009 Received: (at 3203) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 8 May 2009 02:27:27 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=4.0 tests=AWL,FOURLA,HAS_BUG_NUMBER, IMPRONONCABLE_2,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from mx1.aist.go.jp (mx1.aist.go.jp [150.29.246.133]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n482RIXl029988 for <3203@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 7 May 2009 19:27:19 -0700 Received: from rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp (rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp [150.29.254.115]) by mx1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id n482REpj026617; Fri, 8 May 2009 11:27:14 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Received: from smtp3.aist.go.jp by rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id n482REcW022147; Fri, 8 May 2009 11:27:14 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Received: by smtp3.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id n482RDoq021184; Fri, 8 May 2009 11:27:13 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Received: from handa by etlken with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M2Fo6-0007jo-2O; Fri, 08 May 2009 11:27:26 +0900 From: Kenichi Handa To: Chong Yidong CC: jasonr@gnu.org, yj_lee@Compalcomm.com, 3203@debbugs.gnu.org In-reply-to: <87ws8w71e7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (message from Chong Yidong on Mon, 04 May 2009 22:02:24 -0400) Subject: Re: bug#3203: 23.0.92; emacs 23.0.93 on windows fails at startup References: <87ws8w71e7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Message-Id: Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 11:27:26 +0900 In article <87ws8w71e7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>, Chong Yidong writes: > > > It just fails and cannot enter emacs at all. > > > > > > Unsupported coding system in Encoded-kbd mode: cp950 > > > > This error also occurs on GNU/Linux with Emacs trunk from 2009-04-15 > > started as follows: > > > > LANG=zh_TW emacs -Q > > > > In my case (both GNU/Linux and Windows) the unsupported coding system > > is reported as chinese-big5, but cp950 is just an alias of that. > Could this have to do with the change introduced in bug#1654? > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1654 You are right. I've just installed a fix. Please try again. --- Kenichi Handa handa@m17n.org From cyd@stupidchicken.com Thu May 7 20:16:43 2009 Received: (at 3203-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 8 May 2009 03:16:43 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n483GeHT012133 for <3203-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 7 May 2009 20:16:41 -0700 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C376457E25A; Thu, 7 May 2009 23:16:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: Kenichi Handa Cc: jasonr@gnu.org, yj_lee@Compalcomm.com, 3203-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#3203: 23.0.92; emacs 23.0.93 on windows fails at startup References: <87ws8w71e7.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 23:16:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Kenichi Handa's message of "Fri, 08 May 2009 11:27:26 +0900") Message-ID: <87vdoce127.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Kenichi Handa writes: >> Could this have to do with the change introduced in bug#1654? > >> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1654 > > You are right. I've just installed a fix. Please try > again. I can confirm that the bug has gone away. Thank you. From unknown Thu Aug 14 20:53:39 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: $requester Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:24:08 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # A New Hope # A log time ago, in a galaxy far, far away # something happened. # # Magically this resulted in the following # action being taken, but this fake control # message doesn't tell you why it happened # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator