"Daniel Pittman" <daniel(a)danann.net&gt; writes: > fmt=0x8208720 "Can't call a conversion function from a conversion function") at eval.c:2266 > #28 0x808ef76 in dfc_convert_to_external_format (source_type=DFC_TYPE_DATA, > source=0xbf807824, coding_system=137147428, sink_type=DFC_TYPE_DATA, > sink=0xbf80781c) at buffer.c:1873 > #29 0x817aa53 in std_handle_out_va (stream=0x403d38e0, > fmt=0x8217a20 "Fatal error: assertion failed, file %s, line %d, %s\n", > args=0xbf809858) at print.c:177 > #30 0x817ab2b in stderr_out ( > fmt=0x8217a20 "Fatal error: assertion failed, file %s, line %d, %s\n") > at print.c:193 > #31 0x80bb005 in assert_failed (file=0x8204d06 "lisp.h", line=1425, > expr=0x8204f40 "RECORD_TYPEP (obj, lrecord_type_lcrecord_list)") > at emacs.c:2883 > #32 0x80851f6 in allocate_managed_lcrecord (lcrecord_list=137622592) > at lisp.h:1425 > #33 0x8170f39 in Lstream_new (imp=0x8272f20, mode=0x8248aec "w") > at lstream.c:239 > #34 0x8172ba4 in make_resizing_buffer_output_stream () at lstream.c:1349 > #35 0x80b12c7 in emacs_doprnt_string_va ( > format_nonreloc=0x8208720 "Can't call a conversion function from a conversion function", format_reloc=137029460, format_length=-1, vargs=0xbf809958) > at doprnt.c:830 > #36 0x80bdf94 in error ( > fmt=0x8208720 "Can't call a conversion function from a conversion function") at eval.c:2266 ... repeated a zillion times. Trying to be clever in stderr_out (which can be used in the middle of a crash, redisplay etc) is bad juju. Let's undo that change, so we can at least seee the real problem [Will apply this after I get around to actually testing it] 2000-05-10 Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch&gt; * print.c (fatal): (stderr_out): Do not do code conversion. (stdout_out): Do code conversion. (std_handle_out_va): add recode argument. Index: print.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-20/src/print.c,v retrieving revision 1.27.2.17 diff -u -r1.27.2.17 print.c --- print.c 2000/03/13 10:04:29 1.27.2.17 +++ print.c 2000/05/10 12:33:08 ＠＠ -166,7 +166,7 ＠＠ msw_output_console_string(). */ static int -std_handle_out_va (FILE *stream, const char *fmt, va_list args) +std_handle_out_va (FILE *stream, int recode, const char *fmt, va_list args) { Bufbyte kludge[8192]; Extbyte *extptr; ＠＠ -174,15 +174,22 ＠＠ int retval; retval = vsprintf ((char *) kludge, fmt, args); - TO_EXTERNAL_FORMAT (DATA, (kludge, strlen ((char *) kludge)), + if (recode) + { + TO_EXTERNAL_FORMAT (DATA, (kludge, strlen ((char *) kludge)), ALLOCA, (extptr, extlen), Qnative); + } std_handle_out_external (stream, Qnil, extptr, extlen, 1, 1); return retval; } /* Output portably to stderr or its equivalent; call GETTEXT on the - format string. Automatically flush when done. */ + format string. Automatically flush when done. + + We do not call std_handle_va because that tries to do code conversion + which is not a good idea in the middle of a crash +*/ int stderr_out (const char *fmt, ...) ＠＠ -190,7 +197,7 ＠＠ int retval; va_list args; va_start (args, fmt); - retval = std_handle_out_va (stderr, GETTEXT (fmt), args); + retval = std_handle_out_va (stderr, 0, GETTEXT (fmt), args); va_end (args); return retval; } ＠＠ -204,7 +211,7 ＠＠ int retval; va_list args; va_start (args, fmt); - retval = std_handle_out_va (stdout, GETTEXT (fmt), args); + retval = std_handle_out_va (stdout, 1 , GETTEXT (fmt), args); va_end (args); return retval; } ＠＠ -216,7 +223,7 ＠＠ va_start (args, fmt); stderr_out ("\nXEmacs: "); - std_handle_out_va (stderr, GETTEXT (fmt), args); + std_handle_out_va (stderr, 0, GETTEXT (fmt), args); stderr_out ("\n"); va_end (args);