GNU bug report logs - #9476
24.0.50; `self-insert-command': Wrong type argument: wholenump

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:47:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 17579

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.4.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; `self-insert-command': Wrong type argument: wholenump
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:41:56 -0700

Please provide a more user-friendly error message for this:
 
emacs -Q
C-- 6 a
 
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-09-05 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt'
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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 9476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9476: 24.0.50;
	`self-insert-command': Wrong type argument: wholenump
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:50:07 +0300

> Please provide a more user-friendly error message for this:
>
> emacs -Q
> C-- 6 a

I think it should delete (untype) six previous occurrences of a :-)
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 9476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9476: 24.0.50;
 `self-insert-command': Wrong type argument: wholenump
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:34:25 -0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please provide a more user-friendly error message for this:
>
> emacs -Q
> C-- 6 a

Fixed on trunk.  But I'm not really sure it's the right thing to do,
come to think of it.  Lots of functions take a repetition argument, and
I'm not sure we really want to litter them all with hand-written error
messages.  On the other hand, `self-insert-command' is kinda special,
so...

Feel free to revert my patch if it's not quite what we want.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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bug marked as fixed in version 24.4, send any further explanations to 9476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 09 Feb 2014 06:36:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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