GNU bug report logs - #34318
26.1.90; Strange behavior of two line message with running shell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 18:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1.90

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 34318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, rudalics <at> gmx.at
Subject: bug#34318: 26.1.90; Strange behavior of two line message with running shell
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:25:06 +0200

On February 5, 2019 1:39:16 PM GMT+02:00, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Feb 05 2019, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:
> 
> > Since it apparently worked
> > until Emacs 25 we have a regression in Emacs 26 though.
> 
> The regression appears to be that the synchronisation of buffer local
> and global values doesn't work.  When I type M-x, then C-h v
> print-escape-newlines, I get this:
> 
> print-escape-newlines is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.
> Its value is nil
> Local in buffer  *Minibuf-1*; global value is t
> 
> Which doesn't make sense (the values are swapped).
> 
> Andreas.

I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion.  It could simply be that the code which distinguishes between local and global values  is confused because M-x puts you in *Minibuf-1*, whereas C-h v switches to *Minibuf-2*.
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