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31.0.50; M-x man on macOS fails with error
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To reproduce with emacs -Q
M-x man RET ls RET
The man buffer shows
sed: 1: "/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\ ...": RE error: invalid character range
In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin24.4.0, NS
appkit-2575.50 Version 15.4.1 (Build 24E263)) of 2025-04-20 built on
pro2
Repository revision: 6fb2a4691f4d53473c0a326d3a6c23df9008b6e8
Repository branch: master
System Description: macOS 15.4.1
Configured using:
'configure --cache-file
/var/folders/1d/k_6t25f94sl83szqbf8gpkrh0000gn/T//config.cache.master
--enable-checking=yes --with-native-compilation=no CC=clang
'CFLAGS=-Wgnu-imaginary-constant -Wunused-result -g -g -O0 -F
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks
-Wno-ignored-attributes -Wno-flag-enum -Wno-missing-method-return-type
-Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-availability
-Wno-nullability-completeness''
Configured features:
ACL DBUS GLIB GNUTLS LCMS2 LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY KQUEUE NS PDUMPER PNG
RSVG SQLITE3 THREADS TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XIM ZLIB
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> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:27:44 +0200
>
> To reproduce with emacs -Q
>
> M-x man RET ls RET
>
> The man buffer shows
>
> sed: 1: "/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\ ...": RE error: invalid character range
Micheal, that's your addition. Are these octal escapes not portable
enough?
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
Hi Gerd,
>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:27:44 +0200
>>
>> To reproduce with emacs -Q
>>
>> M-x man RET ls RET
>>
>> The man buffer shows
>>
>> sed: 1: "/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\ ...": RE error: invalid character range
>
> Micheal, that's your addition. Are these octal escapes not portable
> enough?
Don't know. It was "-e '/^[\001-\032][\001-\032]*$/d'" before. I've
changed it due to problems with remote man pages, see the comment above.
This is macOS, isn't it? What does the following shell command show?
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
# sed -e '/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\o032]*$/d' /dev/null
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
If it fails, does the following work?
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
# sed -e '/^[\001-\032][\001-\032]*$/d' /dev/null
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Does 'sed --version' return something useful? Do you know which sed
version it is, otherwise?
Best regards, Michael.
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Message #14 received at 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
Frohe Ostern!
> This is macOS, isn't it? What does the following shell command show?
Right, it's macOS.
>
> # sed -e '/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\o032]*$/d' /dev/null
>
$ /usr/bin/sed -e '/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\o032]*$/d' /dev/null
sed: 1: "/^[\o001-\o032][\o001-\ ...": RE error: invalid character rangeThat gives
(I've installed the GNU sed package "gsed" for now, as a workaround.
That's why I invoke /usr/bin/sed.
> If it fails, does the following work?
>
> # sed -e '/^[\001-\032][\001-\032]*$/d' /dev/null
/usr/bin/sed -e '/^[\001-\032][\001-\032]*$/d' /dev/null
sed: 1: "/^[\001-\032][\001-\032 ...": RE error: invalid character range
>
> Does 'sed --version' return something useful? Do you know which sed
> version it is, otherwise?
It doesn't have a --version. The man page says
AUTHORS
Diomidis D. Spinellis <dds <at> FreeBSD.org>
so I guess it's the FreeBSD one.
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Message #17 received at 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:
Hi Gerd,
> Frohe Ostern!
Naja, fast vorbei. Trotzdem auch fuer Dich viele Ostereier!
>> If it fails, does the following work?
>>
>> # sed -e '/^[\001-\032][\001-\032]*$/d' /dev/null
>
> /usr/bin/sed -e '/^[\001-\032][\001-\032]*$/d' /dev/null
> sed: 1: "/^[\001-\032][\001-\032 ...": RE error: invalid character range
So it isn't due to my change. GNU sed is required for this expression
anyway.
I could check whether GNU sed is in game. But I don't know what to do in
case it isn't: don't use this regexp silently? Or use something else?
What works for BSD sed?
>> Does 'sed --version' return something useful? Do you know which sed
>> version it is, otherwise?
>
> It doesn't have a --version. The man page says
>
> AUTHORS
> Diomidis D. Spinellis <dds <at> FreeBSD.org>
>
> so I guess it's the FreeBSD one.
I see. Does of the following work with BSD sed?
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
# sed -e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d' /dev/null
# sed -e '/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o0001-\\o0032]*$/d' /dev/null
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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Message #20 received at 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
> I see. Does of the following work with BSD sed?
>
> # sed -e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d' /dev/null
> # sed -e '/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o0001-\\o0032]*$/d' /dev/null
Neither prints an error in the shell.
I then
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
lisp/man.el | 2 +-
modified lisp/man.el
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ Man-init-defvars
"")
;; Use octal numbers. Otherwise, \032 (Ctrl-Z) would
;; suspend remote connections.
- "-e '/^[\\o001-\\o032][\\o001-\\o032]*$/d'"
+ "-e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d'"
"-e '/\e[789]/s///g'"
"-e '/Reformatting page. Wait/d'"
"-e '/Reformatting entry. Wait/d'"
built and M-x man in emacs -Q, and that works (with gsed uninstalled).
Didn't try the other one, but I could if you want me to.
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Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:
Hi Gerd,
> I then
>
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> lisp/man.el | 2 +-
>
> modified lisp/man.el
> @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ Man-init-defvars
> "")
> ;; Use octal numbers. Otherwise, \032 (Ctrl-Z) would
> ;; suspend remote connections.
> - "-e '/^[\\o001-\\o032][\\o001-\\o032]*$/d'"
> + "-e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d'"
> "-e '/\e[789]/s///g'"
> "-e '/Reformatting page. Wait/d'"
> "-e '/Reformatting entry. Wait/d'"
>
> built and M-x man in emacs -Q, and that works (with gsed uninstalled).
Great!
> Didn't try the other one, but I could if you want me to.
Yes, please try. [[:cntrl:]] is equal to [\\o0000-\\o0037]. Much
more than [\\o0001-\\o0032], so I'd prefer the latter.
Best regards, Michael.
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Message #26 received at 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Gerd,
>
>> I then
>>
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> lisp/man.el | 2 +-
>>
>> modified lisp/man.el
>> @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ Man-init-defvars
>> "")
>> ;; Use octal numbers. Otherwise, \032 (Ctrl-Z) would
>> ;; suspend remote connections.
>> - "-e '/^[\\o001-\\o032][\\o001-\\o032]*$/d'"
>> + "-e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d'"
>> "-e '/\e[789]/s///g'"
>> "-e '/Reformatting page. Wait/d'"
>> "-e '/Reformatting entry. Wait/d'"
>>
>> built and M-x man in emacs -Q, and that works (with gsed uninstalled).
>
> Great!
>
>> Didn't try the other one, but I could if you want me to.
>
> Yes, please try. [[:cntrl:]] is equal to [\\o0000-\\o0037]. Much
> more than [\\o0001-\\o0032], so I'd prefer the latter.
The second one doesn't work. It gives the error again in M-x man. Also
in the shell
/Users/gerd/emacs/github/cl-packages % sed -e '/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o0001-\\o0032]*$/d' /dev/null
sed: 1: "/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o ...": RE error: invalid character range
I guess I had gsed still installed when I tried that in zsh, and forgot
to add the /usr/bin/.
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Message #31 received at 77944-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Version: 31.1
Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:
Hi Gerd,
>> Yes, please try. [[:cntrl:]] is equal to [\\o0000-\\o0037]. Much
>> more than [\\o0001-\\o0032], so I'd prefer the latter.
>
> The second one doesn't work. It gives the error again in M-x man. Also
> in the shell
>
> /Users/gerd/emacs/github/cl-packages % sed -e '/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o0001-\\o0032]*$/d' /dev/null
> sed: 1: "/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o ...": RE error: invalid character range
>
> I guess I had gsed still installed when I tried that in zsh, and forgot
> to add the /usr/bin/.
Thanks for the check. So I've pushed a patch using [:cntrl:] to
master. Closing the bug.
Best regards, Michael.
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Message #34 received at 77944-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
> Version: 31.1
>
> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Gerd,
>
>>> Yes, please try. [[:cntrl:]] is equal to [\\o0000-\\o0037]. Much
>>> more than [\\o0001-\\o0032], so I'd prefer the latter.
>>
>> The second one doesn't work. It gives the error again in M-x man. Also
>> in the shell
>>
>> /Users/gerd/emacs/github/cl-packages % sed -e '/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o0001-\\o0032]*$/d' /dev/null
>> sed: 1: "/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o ...": RE error: invalid character range
>>
>> I guess I had gsed still installed when I tried that in zsh, and forgot
>> to add the /usr/bin/.
>
> Thanks for the check. So I've pushed a patch using [:cntrl:] to
> master. Closing the bug.
>
> Best regards, Michael.
Thanks for the quick fix!
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