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bug#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:35:54 -0700 (PDT) |
emacs -Q
C-x C-f foo-<-4-n.el
Type some text in that file buffer.
C-x C-s ; try to save it.
Saving file d:/usr/drew/drews-lisp-20/foo-<-4-n.el...
basic-save-buffer-2: Opening output file: invalid argument, d:/.../foo-<-4-n.el
Apparently it doesn't like `<' in a file name? If so, and if that is
"normal", then the user should get a much better error message than
this.
(Same problem in the latest Emacs 25 build I have.)
In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
- bug#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el,
Drew Adams <=