bug#40697: 25.3; sort-lines not accepting reverse parameter

[Roland Hughes]

On 4/18/20 1:53 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: 40697@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Roland Hughes <roland@logikalsolutions.com>
> > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 13:43:12 -0500
> >
> > It won't let me enter the argument, that is the point of the bug.
> I'm sorry, I don't think I understand what you mean by "enter the
> argument".  Please elaborate.

According to the help text and the online doc

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sort-lines is an interactive compiled Lisp function.

(sort-lines REVERSE BEG END)

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I have EDT emulation on (biggest draw ever!)

[GOLD]-7

brings up the M-x prompt without my having to remember cryptic keystrokes.

If I type

sort-lines [RETURN]

it sorts the entire buffer as expect. No prompt for an optional 
argument, the sort just happens.

If I type

sort-lines[spacebar]

I get the [Sole Completion] message and the cursor remains firmly mushed 
against the "s". I tried [TAB], I tried everything. There is no way to 
enter

sort-lines REVERSE [RETURN]

_that_ is my bug report.

On Linux I have the version from the Emacs PPA. On Windows 10 it came 
straight from the GNU site. Both behave exactly the same way.

All of the sort-something commands work from [GOLD]-7. You just cannot 
enter any parameters.

I started using Emacs specifically for EDT emulation.


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