GNU bug report logs - #43231
27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file".

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Message #19 received at 43231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Igor Saprykin <sheleztt <at> gmail.com>, 43231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43231: 27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file
 "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file".
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2020 19:25:29 +0200

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

>> 6. Nothing is written into the buffer and the message buffer says
>> "Point is not on a character file".

[...]

>> The error message could be more helpful, though?
>
> Feel free to suggest a better message.

I see now that the error message isn't really "Point is not on a
character file" (which I found very confusing), but instead "Point is
not on a character in the file", which I think is OK.

So I agree that there's nothing here to fix, and I'm closing this bug
report.

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