Re: `int-to-char' returns a char even if arg is negative
This "sounds" OK to me. Could somebody more knowledgeable than I
please comment.
|--==> "KY" == Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka(a)jpl.org> writes:
KY> Hi,
KY> I am using 21.5.2 CVS (main trunk). Is the following behavior
KY> correct?
KY> (int-to-char -51)
KY> => ?\^^M
KY> If so, we should modify mule-packages/egg-its/egg.el not to use
KY> negative numbers for `int-to-char'. Because of this behavior,
KY> Egg often hangs up when I mis-type (e.g. C--) in the fence-mode.
KY> Here is a patch for egg.el:
KY> 2001-08-21 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka(a)jpl.org>
KY> * egg.el (egg-read-event): Don't specify a negative number to
KY> `int-to-char'.
KY> --- mule-packages/egg-its/egg.el~ Tue May 8 11:18:52 2001
KY> +++ mule-packages/egg-its/egg.el Tue Aug 21 09:29:36 2001
KY> ＠＠ -166,8 +166,12 ＠＠
KY> (if (eq 1 (event-modifier-bits event))
KY> (setq ch
KY> (if (characterp key)
KY> - (or (int-to-char (- (char-to-int key) 96))
KY> - (int-to-char (- (char-to-int key) 64)))
KY> + (progn
KY> + (setq key (char-to-int key))
KY> + (or (and (>= key 96)
KY> + (int-to-char (- key 96)))
KY> + (and (>= key 64)
KY> + (int-to-char (- key 64)))))
KY> (event-to-character event)))
KY> (setq unread-command-events (list event))))
KY> (setq unread-command-events (list event)))
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