Re: C-q vs documentation

[Stefan Monnier]

>     What's wrong with the code I used instead ?
> Here's the bug report.

Oh, I see what's wrong.  Thanks for fixing it.  Sorry for being so dense.


        Stefan


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> Hi,
> 
> `C-q' seems to have a different behaviour than the documented one:
> 
>   [from *info* (emacs) Inserting Text]
> 
>      * `C-q' followed by a sequence of octal digits inserts the
>      character with the specified octal character code.  You can use
>      any number of octal digits; any non-digit terminates the
>      sequence.  If the terminating character is <RET>, it serves only
>      to terminate the sequence.  Any other non-digit terminates the
>      sequence and then acts as normal input--thus, `C-q 1 0 1 B'
>      inserts `AB'.
> 
> But if I type `C-q 1 0 1 B' then the sequence is not teminated, I have
> to type `C-q 1 0 1 B B' to insert `AB' (read: the first non-digit seem
> to be ignored).
> 
> Thanks
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