GNU bug report logs - #5792
23.1; man.el{,c} fails to load when utf-8 mode enabled

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn <at> stonehenge.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn <at> stonehenge.com>
Cc: 5792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1; man.el{,c} fails to load when utf-8 mode enabled
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:48:13 -0400

> In my .emacs, I have:
>
>   (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
>   (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
>
> When I invoke M-x man, I get an invalid byte when trying to load
> either the man.el or the man.elc.

Thanks for the bug report, but it's took vague for me to reproduce; for
instance, what do you mean by "get an invalid byte"?  Could you provide
a testcase starting from `emacs -Q'?
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