Strange movement limits in *Ipconfig* buffer

[Peter Brown]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-msvc-windows98.3000)
 of 2002-03-19 on buffy
configured using `configure --with-msvc (12.00)'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: enu
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Summary: 

M-x ipconfig brings up a buffer called *Ipconfig*.
Interactively (i.e., when I switch to that buffer), I can move about
it freely.  Programmatically, I am restricted to the top 29 characters
(or two lines).  The difference appears to be a bug (an annoying one
to me, since I want to get programmatic access to the data in the rest
of that buffer).

If I can be of further help in isolating and stomping this bug, please
let me know.

--Peter Brown

Details:

OS: Windows ME
Command line: C:\local\emacs-21.2\bin\runemacs.exe -q --no-site-file

I went straight to *scratch* and typed the following:

(defun phb-buffer-substr ()
  (set-buffer (ipconfig))
  (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))

I evaluated that defun and then invoked the function, which returned:

"** Ipconfig ** ipconfig ** 
"

However, the actual contents of the *Ipconfig* buffer (with my
addresses edited out, since this isn't a network problem) are:

--begin buffer contents--
** Ipconfig ** ipconfig ** 

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . : foo.bar.com
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
        NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . : 
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
        NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

0 Ethernet adapter :

        Description . . . . . . . . : Fast Ethernet PC Card
        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Primary WINS Server . . . . : 
        Secondary WINS Server . . . : 
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 12 17 02 21:35:52
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 12 18 02 15:55:59

1 Ethernet adapter :

        Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . : 
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Primary WINS Server . . . . : 
        Secondary WINS Server . . . : 
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 

2 Ethernet adapter :

        Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . : 
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Primary WINS Server . . . . : 
        Secondary WINS Server . . . : 
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 

Process Ipconfig exited abnormally with code 1
--end buffer contents--

The external executable invoked by the ipconfig command is
c:/WINDOWS/ipconfig.exe (the default one supplied by Windows).

Recent input:
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> b u 
f f e r - s u b s t r i n g SPC ( p p i n t - m i n 
) SPC <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> o i n t - m i n ) SPC ( p o i n t - m a 
x ) ) ) C-j <up> ( C-e ) C-j M-x e m a c s <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> r e 
p o r t - e m a c s - b u <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
(C:\LOCAL\EMACS-21.2\BIN\EMACS.EXE -q --no-site-file)
For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
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