GNU bug report logs - #50900
27.2; Evaluating open-line with a negative argument changes the behavior of self-insert

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 50900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#50900: 27.2; Evaluating open-line with a negative argument changes the behavior of self-insert
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:05:58 +0200

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:

> A recipe:
>
> emacs -Q
> M-: (open-line -1)
> C-x o
> foobar
>
> IOW, do not quit the debugger.  That "bug" was not present in Emacs
> 24, it exists in Emacs 25 and later.  But I'm not sure it qualifies as
> a "bug".

Heh.  It's an oddity for sure.  And fixing it's pretty easy -- I've now
made `newline' check the argument earlier (before it starts binding all
those variables that affect...  stuff).

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