Subject: bug#9687: closed (Re: bug#9687: setq-default fails on enable-multibyte-characters)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:10:02 +0000

Your bug report

#9687: setq-default fails on enable-multibyte-characters

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#9687: setq-default fails on enable-multibyte-characters
From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
To: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:08:49 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> C-h v enable-multibyte-characters
>    Changing its default value with `setq-default' is supported.

Oops, indeed.  Should be fixed now,

        Stefan

Subject: setq-default fails on enable-multibyte-characters
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:12:26 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Package: emacs
Version: 24.0.90

emacs -Q
C-h v enable-multibyte-characters

   Changing its default value with `setq-default' is supported.

Oh no it isn't:

(setq-default enable-multibyte-characters t)
  -> Lisp error: (setting-constant enable-multibyte-characters)