GNU bug report logs - #8308
23.3; Use utf-8 for writing abbrev file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:23:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3

Fixed in version 24.1.

Done: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#8308: 23.3; Use utf-8 for writing abbrev file
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:27:04 -0400

>> (unibyte-string 129) returns a string containing an unencodable char.
>> So you can test with it.
> I still cannot get any byte into the abbrevs. For example,
> (unibyte-string 129) returns byte \201 but when it is written to abbrev
> file by write-abbrev-file, it is changed to \ 2 0 1, so utf-8 appear
> sufficient even for bytes.

Good.  In any case your unencodable-foo test would trigger if there were
eight-bit-chars in there, so it works correctly in this respect.
Please install your patch.


        Stefan
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