Subject: bug#5011: 23.1.50; The {}\ characters seems to be impossible to write in non-terminal mode on Mac OS X

From: Jules Colding <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:29:55 +0100

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usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':

Using Emacs in terminal mode (with -nw) on Mac OS X is very pleasant,
but it is impossible to write the {}\ characters in non-terminal
mode. These characters are available in terminal mode using:

S-Alt-7 -> '\'
S-Alt-8 -> '{'
S-Alt-9 -> '}'

Using the same character sequence in non-terminal mode gives:

S-Alt-7 -> M-/
S-Alt-8 -> M-(
S-Alt-9 -> M-)

Best regards,
 jules

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please include the output from the following gdb commands:
   `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
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In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0, NS apple-appkit-1038.25)
of 2009-11-12 on hermes.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
configured using `configure  '--with-ns' '--without-x' '--without-sound' '--without-dbus''

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: da_DK.UTF-8
 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
 default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: LaTeX

Minor modes in effect:
 shell-dirtrack-mode: t
 show-paren-mode: t
 desktop-save-mode: t
 tooltip-mode: t
 mouse-wheel-mode: t
 file-name-shadow-mode: t
 global-font-lock-mode: t
 font-lock-mode: t
 global-auto-composition-mode: t
 auto-composition-mode: t
 auto-encryption-mode: t
 auto-compression-mode: t
 line-number-mode: t
 transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC 
O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B 
ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC 
O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B 
ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O A ESC 
O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O B 
ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC 
O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B 
ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC O B ESC 
O B ESC O B ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A 
ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC 
O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A ESC O A 
ESC O A { \ } DEL DEL DEL ESC [ 2 4 ~ ESC x s e n d 
TAB TAB DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL 
DEL DEL DEL b u g TAB TAB DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL 
DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL r e p TAB o TAB r t TAB 
RET

Recent messages:
(No files need saving)
Saving file /Users/colding/work/texts/vores_liv.tex...
Wrote /Users/colding/work/texts/vores_liv.tex
Mark set [2 times]
Saving file /Users/colding/work/texts/vores_liv.tex...
Wrote /Users/colding/work/texts/vores_liv.tex
Auto-saving...done
Saving file /Users/colding/work/texts/vores_liv.tex...
Wrote /Users/colding/work/texts/vores_liv.tex
Making completion list... [3 times]

Load-path shadows:
/Users/colding/.emacs.d/elpa/newsticker-1.10/newsticker hides /Users/colding/work/src/emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/net/newsticker

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