GNU bug report logs - #55943
Cannot insert registers in calc

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kuba Orlik <kontakt <at> kuba-orlik.name>

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 55943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kuba Orlik <kontakt <at> kuba-orlik.name>
Cc: 55943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55943: Cannot insert registers in calc
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:14:31 +0200

Kuba Orlik <kontakt <at> kuba-orlik.name> writes:

> 1. Run emacs -Q
> 2. Type the number 20 into the buffer
> 3. Move the point to the "2" in the "20"
> 4. Run M-x number-to-register
> 5. Pick a letter for the register (I picked "a")
> 6. Run M-x calc
> 7. Type "r i" and pick the same register
> 8. It rings a bell and shows "Bad format in register data"

Registers in Calc have nothing to do with the normal Emacs-wide
registers -- you can only insert with `r i' in Calc stuff you've save
with `r s' in Calc.  But I see that the doc strings here don't actually
say this, so I've fixed this for Emacs 28.2.

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