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bug#12992: 24.2.90.1; `C-x 8 RET RET': `Wrong type argument: characterp,


From: Chong Yidong
Subject: bug#12992: 24.2.90.1; `C-x 8 RET RET': `Wrong type argument: characterp, nil'
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:37:56 +0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.90 (gnu/linux)

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> `C-x 8 RET RET' gives `Wrong type argument: characterp, nil' in Emacs
>> version 24.2.90.1, whereas in version 24.2.1 it produces the message
>> `Not a Unicode character'.
>
> Neither of which is nice.

How about simply changing the message to "You didn't specify a
character", similar to C-h f RET?

We could do a "require-match" type read, but those are best used
sparingly (since they can be annoying).





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