Re: read-key-sequence displays umlauts incorrectly

[Gerd Moellmann]

Ulrich Neumerkel <ulrich@a0.complang.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

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> In GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (i586-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
>  of Tue Dec 12 2000 on p0.complang.tuwien.ac.at
> configured using `configure  -prefix /usr'
> 
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
> 
> The following commands should behave identically, but the second does
> not seem to handle multibytes correctly.  In place of "rôle" one sees
> "r\201ôle" instead. This happens only if you byte-compile (with no
> matter what options) and load f2.  Be it interactively via the menu or
> in batch mode.  If you just C-x C-e the defun or do compile-defun
> (which is defined in bytecomp) the text is correctly rendered by f2...
> 
> (defun f1 ()
>   (interactive)
>   (message "%s" "f1: The rôle of accents")
>   (read-key-sequence nil))
> 
> (defun f2 ()
>   (interactive)
>   (read-key-sequence "f2: The rôle of accents"))

I can't reproduce this with 20.7, here.  What happens when you
start Emacs with `-q --no-site-file'?