bug#46507: closed (26.1; bold attribute copied into enriched-mode text is not saved)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: 26.1; bold attribute copied into enriched-mode text is not saved Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:01:44 -0800

I am using emacs 26.1 on debian 10.3.

The bug is that when you copy bolded-colored text from an eshell buffer into an enriched-text buffer, the bold shows after the copy --- but if you then close the enriched-text file, and re-open it, the bolding is gone.

Steps to reproduce:

(1) emacs -Q

(2) M-x eshell

(3) cd /etc

(4) ls

(5) control-X 2

(6) scroll up a dozen lines using control P; then type escape-w to capture the text

(7) find-file /tmp/blah.txt

(8) yank in the captured text (control-y)

(9) M-x enriched-text  (so make /tmp/blah.txt into an enriched text file)

(10) kill the buffer (control-x k)

(11) reopen the file (find-file)

(12) observe that although the colors are still there, the bolding is gone.

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> Re: bug#46507: 26.1; bold attribute copied into enriched-mode text is not saved
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> > From: Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 23:32:51 -0800
> > Cc: Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net>, 46507@debbugs.gnu.org
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> > For the sake of anybody who stumbles across this thread, i tested it by 
> > uncompressing 
> > /usr/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/textmodes/enriched.el.gz into a new empty 
> > directory.
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> > Then i hand-patched in the diffs (i.e., i patched it by cut-and-paste, using 
> > emacs, not using any program that
> > understands diffs).
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> > Then i ran 'emacs -Q', and did M-x load-file to load in the modified 
> > enriched.el file.
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> > Then i did the test: copying in chunks of text from eshell and shell, setting 
> > the mode to enriched, saving,
> > closing, and reopening, and it worked in all cases.
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> > Presumably what will happen next is that this fix eventually gets pushed out 
> > and adopted by debian and
> > ubuntu and whoever else is downstream, but in the meantime i can just the 
> > modified enriched.el.
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> > Thanks again for figuring out how to fix it.
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> Thanks for testing, I'm therefore closing this bug report.
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