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bug#55727: 29.0.50; Incorrect zero symbol transcoding between applicatio
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#55727: 29.0.50; Incorrect zero symbol transcoding between applications |
Date: |
Mon, 30 May 2022 17:06:02 +0300 |
> From: Петров Андрей <an.petrov@pay-lab.ru>
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 13:08:52 +0000
>
> 1. Start two instances of emacs -Q.
> 2. Switch to the "*scratch*" buffer of the first one and type the following:
> M-: (insert (format "%S" "000\000000")) [RET]
> You should see "000^@000" string.
> 3. Copy the string into clipboard and paste into the other instance of
> Emacs (which you have started before).
> I get "000\0000" instead of "000\000000"
> 4. Try evaluating inserted text ("000\0000")
> C-c C-e
> I get "000^@0" instead of "000^@000".
>
> It seems that "^@" is transcoded between applications into "\0"
> instead of "\000". If I do the same test inside single instance
> of Emacs I get the correct result.
Yes. And it's a feature. From select.el:
;; Most programs are unable to handle NUL bytes in strings.
(setq str (string-replace "\0" "\\0" str))
bug#55727: 29.0.50; Incorrect zero symbol transcoding between applications,
Eli Zaretskii <=