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24.0.50; setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters

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From: Stefan Reich=f6r <stefan <at> xsteve.at>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.50; setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 09:06:13 +0200

I found a problem with gnus from a recent emacs:

Sadly it depends on a confidential email.
However, I hope that the backtrace below will be sufficient to fix the problem:

,----
| Debugger entered--Lisp error: (setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters)
|   set-default(enable-multibyte-characters nil)
|   message-forward-make-body-mml(#<buffer  *Original Article*>)
|   message-forward-make-body(#<buffer  *Original Article*> nil)
|   message-forward(nil)
|   gnus-summary-mail-forward(nil)
|   call-interactively(gnus-summary-mail-forward nil nil)
`----



In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
 of 2010-04-29 on pchagakli
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10600000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/home/srei/prg/stow/emacs''

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

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, Emacs development discussions <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6121: 24.0.50; setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 11:16:39 +0200

FYI, I've encountered exactly the same problem as described here:

  http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6121

It happens nearly any time I try to forward a message from gnus.
I am using the latest built from git.

BTW, I noticed that today it fails to build:

  Loading bindings (source)...
  Loading /mirror/d/emacs/lisp/files.el (source)...
  Symbol's function definition is void: define-minor-mode
  make[2]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 255
  make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/jt-ltHmbB/emacs/src'
  make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/jt-ltHmbB/emacs'
  make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Emacs development discussions <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#6121: 24.0.50; setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters
Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 16:24:55 +0200

Jim Meyering wrote:
> FYI, I've encountered exactly the same problem as described here:
>
>   http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6121
>
> It happens nearly any time I try to forward a message from gnus.
> I am using the latest built from git.
>
> BTW, I noticed that today it fails to build:
>
>   Loading bindings (source)...
>   Loading /mirror/d/emacs/lisp/files.el (source)...
>   Symbol's function definition is void: define-minor-mode
>   make[2]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 255
>   make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/jt-ltHmbB/emacs/src'
>   make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
>   make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/jt-ltHmbB/emacs'
>   make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

FYI,

I found that reverting the most recent changes to the offending code
solved that problem:

I reverted part of a55d3b41c25a83197bc02a6a790c6f927088e08f
locally, and can now use GNUS' forwarding once again:
http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/commitdiff/a55d3b41c25a8319

    Synch with Gnus trunk.
    ...
    * mm-util.el (mm-enable-multibyte, mm-disable-multibyte): Use (featurep
    'xemacs) instead of mm-emacs-mule to switch function definitions.
    (mm-with-unibyte-current-buffer): Make it a progn macro for XEmacs.


From 18adba8bf6d112828cce71ddb606027e4ca9ef4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering <at> redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 15:23:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix gnus fwding: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6121

---
 lisp/gnus/mm-util.el |   20 ++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el b/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el
index a288b8b..c8952e0 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el
@@ -908,20 +908,20 @@ mail with multiple parts is preferred to sending a Unicode one.")
 			     (fboundp 'set-buffer-multibyte))
     "True in Emacs with Mule.")

-  (if (featurep 'xemacs)
-      (defalias 'mm-enable-multibyte 'ignore)
-    (defun mm-enable-multibyte ()
-      "Set the multibyte flag of the current buffer.
+  (if mm-emacs-mule
+      (defun mm-enable-multibyte ()
+	"Set the multibyte flag of the current buffer.
 Only do this if the default value of `enable-multibyte-characters' is
 non-nil.  This is a no-op in XEmacs."
-      (set-buffer-multibyte t)))
+	(set-buffer-multibyte 'to))
+    (defalias 'mm-enable-multibyte 'ignore))

-  (if (featurep 'xemacs)
-      (defalias 'mm-disable-multibyte 'ignore)
-    (defun mm-disable-multibyte ()
-      "Unset the multibyte flag of in the current buffer.
+  (if mm-emacs-mule
+      (defun mm-disable-multibyte ()
+	"Unset the multibyte flag of in the current buffer.
 This is a no-op in XEmacs."
-      (set-buffer-multibyte nil))))
+	(set-buffer-multibyte nil))
+    (defalias 'mm-disable-multibyte 'ignore)))

 (defun mm-preferred-coding-system (charset)
   ;; A typo in some Emacs versions.
--
1.7.1.166.gf2086

Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Emacs development discussions <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#6121: 24.0.50; setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters
Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 17:31:55 +0200

Jim Meyering wrote:

> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> FYI, I've encountered exactly the same problem as described here:
>>
>>   http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6121
>>
>> It happens nearly any time I try to forward a message from gnus.
>> I am using the latest built from git.
>>
>> BTW, I noticed that today it fails to build:
>>
>>   Loading bindings (source)...
>>   Loading /mirror/d/emacs/lisp/files.el (source)...
>>   Symbol's function definition is void: define-minor-mode
>>   make[2]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 255
>>   make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/jt-ltHmbB/emacs/src'
>>   make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
>>   make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/jt-ltHmbB/emacs'
>>   make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2
>
> FYI,
>
> I found that reverting the most recent changes to the offending code
> solved that problem:
>
> I reverted part of a55d3b41c25a83197bc02a6a790c6f927088e08f
> locally, and can now use GNUS' forwarding once again:
> http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/commitdiff/a55d3b41c25a8319
>
>     Synch with Gnus trunk.
>     ...
>     * mm-util.el (mm-enable-multibyte, mm-disable-multibyte): Use (featurep
>     'xemacs) instead of mm-emacs-mule to switch function definitions.
>     (mm-with-unibyte-current-buffer): Make it a progn macro for XEmacs.

Humph.  That was not the cause/fix at all.
I tested the wrong version.
Sorry about that.

That'll teach me not to try to fix things blindly.

Message #19 received at 6121-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 6121-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6121: 24.0.50; setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:13:33 -0400

2010-05-10  Katsumi Yamaoka  <yamaoka at jpl.org>

* mm-util.el (mm-with-unibyte-current-buffer): Redefine it so as not
to bind the default value of enable-multibyte-characters to nil.

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