GNU bug report logs - #38642
'C-x RET c' gets stuck in universal-argument loop

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 38642 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#38642: 'C-x RET c' gets stuck in universal-argument loop
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:07:25 +0100

On Dez 16 2019, Juri Linkov wrote:

> emacs -Q
> C-x RET c       ;; universal-coding-system-argument
> RET             ;; accept default e.g. utf-8-unix
> C-u C-b         ;; moves backwards 4 chars
> C-b C-b C-b ...
>
> Every C-b still moves backwards 4 chars because it gets stuck with an old
> 'prefix-arg' in the 'while' loop in 'universal-coding-system-argument'.

It makes assumptions about universal-argument-map that are no longer
true since commit 02ef6c1a8a.

Andreas.

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