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23.1; can't save: "Wrong type argument: number-of-marker-p, nil"

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Ryo Furue <furue <at> hawaii.edu>
Cc: 6187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6187: 23.1; can't save: "Wrong type argument: number-of-marker-p, nil"
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 00:18:59 -0400

Ryo Furue wrote:

> Copy this character "˜", open a new file (C-x C-f),
> paste the character, and try to save (C-x C-s).
> You can't save. "Wrong type argument: number-of-marker-p, nil"

It works fine for me using Debian's Emacs 23.1. I am prompted to
select a coding system, I choose the default utf-8, and the file is saved.

Does it happen with `emacs -Q'?

Please do

M-x toggle-debug-on-error

produce the error again, and post the backtrace.

> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.2)
>  of 2009-11-01 on raven, modified by Debian
[...]
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=none

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