GNU bug report logs - #76299
recover-this-file warning blotted out with -nw

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 76299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76299: "Try M-x recover-this-file" warning vs. symlinks
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 06:00:47 +0800

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Here I have isolated the exact point where the modeline writes over the
warning. I let it write halfway, where upon I have truncated the file.
If you do
$ cat chopped; read #avoiding shell prompt interference
you will see
-UUU:---  F1  e data; consider M-x recover-this-file

[chopped (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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Note I was using
$ stty --all|grep rows
speed 38400 baud; rows 25; columns 111; line = 0;
$ env|grep TERM
TERM=xterm-256color
P.S., triggering the warning is easy:
$ touch \#a#
$ emacs -nw -Q a

You might say "why does the modeline overwrite it? The warning is one
line below the modeline!"

And indeed it is. But disappears very fast when running emacs -nw -Q a.

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