GNU bug report logs - #6886
24.0.50; emacs --unibyte doesn't work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 6886 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 6886 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Subject: Re: bug#6886: 24.0.50; emacs --unibyte doesn't work
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:17:26 -0400

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> When I run Emacs as this:
>> % emacs --unibyte
>
>> Emacs doesn't start, but this error message is shown:
>> emacs: Attempt to set a constant symbol: enable-multibyte-characters
>
> We should remove the --unibyte argument, indeed.

I've checked a change into the trunk that makes --unibyte do nothing
(except for a startup warning).
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