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"Added (how many lines, bytes?!) to file.txt"

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Message #53 received at 354 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 354 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,
 kb1vqh <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#354: "Added (how many lines, bytes?!) to file.txt"
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 08:16:02 +0200

On Apr 01 2017, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net wrote:

> diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
> index 9ecfb86401..8ff291affb 100644
> --- a/src/xdisp.c
> +++ b/src/xdisp.c
> @@ -10470,9 +10470,12 @@ message_with_string (const char *m, Lisp_Object string, bool log)
>  /* Dump an informative message to the minibuf.  If M is 0, clear out
>     any existing message, and let the mini-buffer text show through.
>  
> -   The message must be safe ASCII and the format must not contain ` or
> -   '.  If your message and format do not fit into this category,
> -   convert your arguments to Lisp objects and use Fmessage instead.  */
> +   The message must be safe ASCII (because when Emacs is
> +   non-interactive the message is sent straight to stderr without
> +   encoding first) and the format must not contain ` or ' (because
> +   this function does not account for `text-quoting-style'.  If your
> +   message and format do not fit into this category, convert your
> +   arguments to Lisp objects and use Fmessage instead.  */

Missing a close paren.

Andreas.

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