Odd error message

["T. V. Raman" <raman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The first letter in the messages buffer is an Emacs bug that I've
noticed since 21.2 --it has nothing to do with emacspeak.
>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Tim> I should have mentioned in the original post that I tried
    Tim> setting debug-on-error, but it did not generate a backtrace,
    Tim> so it sounds like it is to do with emacspeak's advising of
    Tim> the signal function.

    Tim> Its good to know about that side-effect as it may help when
    Tim> trying to identify why you get slightly different behavior
    Tim> with and without emacspeak running. As very few people using
    Tim> emacspeak are likely to also use the menus, this is not a big
    Tim> issue.

    Tim> Would this also explain why you only get the first letter of
    Tim> the error message in the *Messages* buffer? I have noticed
    Tim> this in a few other situations where you get an error
    Tim> message. The only problem with this happening I've found is
    Tim> that if you try to use C-e a to repeat the message, you only
    Tim> get emacspeak saying just a single letter e.g. "L [2 times]".

    Tim> Tim


>>>>> "TV" == T V Raman <raman@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    TV> set debug-on-error to t and see what the backtrace is.  It's
    TV> quite likely you wont get a backtrace if the message is coming
    TV> from a signal that is being caught by emacs itself.

    TV> If that is the case, the reason why you see the message with
    TV> emacspeak --but not with vanila emacs is that emacspeak needs
    TV> to advice function signal to make certain things talk.  A
    TV> side-effect of this is that if some piece of lisp code throws
    TV> an error and that error gets handled the average emacs user
    TV> never finds out about it, but emacspeak does let you know that
    TV> the signal happened.

    >>>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Cross
    TV> <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


    Tim> Last night while working with a friend, we came across an odd
    Tim> error message while running emacspeak and I would like to ask
    Tim> others to see if they can reproduce it.

    Tim> While running under X, switch to the *scratch* buffer.  Use
    Tim> the mouse to select one of the menu options at the top of the
    Tim> screen.

    Tim> Do you get an error message saying

    Tim> Line does not start with ";"

    Tim> I also get this behavior in emacs-lisp-mode buffers.

    Tim> When I look in the *Messages* buffer, there is a message like

    Tim> L [3 times]

    Tim> I only noticed this because I was working with a sighted
    Tim> friend who uses the menus at the top of the screen - I prefer
    Tim> to use the keyborad for obvious reasons. The message only
    Tim> appears to occur in modes dealing with list such as emacs
    Tim> lisp mode and interactive lisp mode.

    Tim> Would be interested in knowing if anyone else observes this
    Tim> or if it is just something screwy in my configuration.

    Tim> Tim -- Tim Cross E-Mail: tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx
    Tim> Analyst/Programmer Phone: 6773 3210 Applications Group
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    TV> -- Best Regards, --raman

      
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    Tim> -- Tim Cross E-Mail: tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx
    Tim> Analyst/Programmer Phone: 6773 3210 Applications Group
    Tim> Mobile: 0412 969193 University of New England --- find /
    Tim> -iname microsoft -exec rm -rf {} \;

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Best Regards,
--raman

      
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