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23.1.92; mode-line-format is wrong for `about-emacs'

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 23.1.92; mode-line-format is wrong for `about-emacs'
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:52:34 -0800

emacs -Q

M-x about-emacs

C-h v mode-line-format

You'll see this:

("---- %b %-" 0 10 (face mode-line-buffer-id))

That puts the face, which is intended only for the buffer name, on the
whole mode line.


In GNU Emacs 23.1.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-02-20 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
-fno-crossjumping'

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 5613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1.92; mode-line-format is wrong for `about-emacs'
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:12:15 -0500

> emacs -Q
>
> M-x about-emacs
>
> C-h v mode-line-format
>
> You'll see this:
>
> ("---- %b %-" 0 10 (face mode-line-buffer-id))
>
> That puts the face, which is intended only for the buffer name, on the
> whole mode line.

Thanks, I've checked in a fix.

BTW, please don't send to both bug-gnu-emacs and
emacs-pretest-bug---they redirect to the same address, and this creates
two bug entries.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 5613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: 23.1.92; mode-line-format is wrong for `about-emacs'
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:55:05 -0800

> Thanks, I've checked in a fix.
> 
> BTW, please don't send to both bug-gnu-emacs and
> emacs-pretest-bug---they redirect to the same address, and 
> this creates two bug entries.

Thanks. Yes, it was a mistake (didn't realize it would create two bug reports).

FYI, this was due to these two things:

1. You have stopped posting Windows binaries.

2. The regression (bug #5299) in `report-emacs-bug' on Windows. (This was
reported in a previous pretest.)

Because of these two changes, I had to compose my mail by hand and use a build
from Lennart. That build does not use `emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org' as the
destination; it uses `bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org'. And I wasn't (still am not) sure
which address to use. So I used both, so you would understand/notice that the
bug is for the latest development code.

Between no longer providing Windows binaries and breaking `report-emacs-bug',
you certainly have made it harder for ordinary Emacs users (on Windows) to
communicate about bugs.

Which address is correct, or doesn't it matter? Thx.

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