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Re: C-u C-x = prints garbage for a text property with value '(string . ?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: C-u C-x = prints garbage for a text property with value '(string . ?") |
Date: |
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 05:36:55 +0200 |
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 22:08:57 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
>
> In master (probably in emacs-25, too), give a character a text property
> with value (string . ?"). When `describe-property-list' (descr-text.el)
> comes to print it, it decides that (string . ?") is a "widget" (whatever
> that is), and instead of printing the actual value, it ignores the cdr
> and prints the car as follows:
>
> string (widget)Top
>
> It decides that 'string is a "widget" because the symbol string has a
> widget-type property.
>
> This is crazy! If somebody does C-u C-x = to see the value of the text
> properties, surely that is what she should see? Not some "look how
> clever I am" DWIM attempt that only prints half of the value?
>
> I don't see the logic in this handling, therefore don't feel qualified
> to fix this bug. Would somebody help me out, please.
Please make a complete bug report with a recipe to reproduce it.