Re: parallel bootstrap failure; _prompt_? during bootstrap build

[Stefan Monnier]

>     I don't know what to explain: if we assume the input (from stdin) to be
>     "text" rather than "binary data", then there needs to be
>     a decoding step.

>     Maybe you should explain why you think there shouldn't be such a thing?

> That's not quite what I said.

> The input from stdin to a batch program should not be thought of as
> keyboard input.  It is just as likely to come from a file or some
> other program.

> Perhaps it should be decoded somehow, but not the decoding should not
> be based on keyboard-coding-system.

Well, some coding-system should be used.  I think the "locale" coding
system makes a lot of sense, and keyboard-coding-system is typically
equal to the locale coding system.

This said, now I'm wondering: in batch mode, does encoded-kb.el have
any effect?  I mean, are input-decode-map and function-key-map used?


        Stefan