view etc/future-bug @ 52223:d37e0b4125e8

(kmacro-keymap): Group related bindings in initialization for clarity. Bind C-s to start macro. Remove C-r binding. (kmacro-initial-counter-value): New defvar to hold initial counter value in case we set the value before defining a macro. (kmacro-insert-counter): Clear kmacro-initial-counter-value.. (kmacro-set-counter): Set kmacro-initial-counter-value if we are not defining or executing macro. Doc fix. (kmacro-add-counter): Clear kmacro-initial-counter-value. (kmacro-view-last-item, kmacro-view-item-no): New defvars used to temporarily view older elements on the macro ring without cycling the ring. (kmacro-display): Doc fix. (kmacro-exec-ring-item): New helper function. (kmacro-call-ring-2nd): Use it. (kmacro-call-ring-2nd-repeat): Doc fix. (kmacro-start-macro): Use (and clear) kmacro-initial-counter-value. (kmacro-end-or-call-macro): Execute last viewed macro (using kmacro-exec-ring-item) from ring if this follows kmacro-view-macro. This allows us to find a macro on the ring with C-x C-k C-v C-v ... and execute it (with C-k) without cycling the ring to bring it to the head of the ring. (kmacro-bind-to-key): Doc fix (describe reserved bindings). Allow binding to reserved keys without specifying C-x C-k prefix. Ask for confirmation if entered key sequence is already bound to a non-macro command. (kmacro-view-macro): Repeating command will show older elements on the macro ring; C-k will execute the last viewed macro. (kmacro-view-macro-repeat): Doc fix. Change its kmacro-repeat property from 'ring to 'head.

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2199 21:03:50 -0600
From: Karl Fogel <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: M-x search-backward-in-time broken...
X-Windows: you'll envy the dead.

In GNU Emacs 51.70.4 (i9986-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit) of Sat Feb  20 2199 on floss
configured using `configure  --with-x-toolkit=yes'

        The `search-backward-in-time' function appears to be broken in
Emacs 51.70.

        Unfortunately, I can never seem to start the debugger early
enough to catch the error as it happens.  However I have traced the
problem through source by eye, and it looks like `time-forward' can't
handle negative arguments anymore.  This is consistent with other
symptoms: for example, `undo' (which since 51.25 has worked by passing
a negative arg to `time-forward') is also broken.  However, `do' still
works -- it seems that `time-forward' continues to handle positive
arguments just fine.

        No one here-and-now can figure out how to fix the problem,
because the code for `time-forward' is so hairy.  We're using M-x
report-future-emacs-bug to request that you folks include more
comments when you write it (sometime in 2198 as I recall).

        Thanks!

-Karl Fogel   <[e-mail]>


P.S. You'll be pleased to know that since (time-forward N) still works
     for N >= 0, we've used it to pre-emptively update configure.in.
     Emacs now configures and builds on every platform that will ever
     be made.  It wasn't easy, but at least that's one problem out of
     the way for good.  If you'd like the patch, just ask.