Re: Segmentation violation in display_string

[Kim F. Storm]

Milan Zamazal <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm able to reproduce the bug now on my Debian GNU/Linux i386 system.


Which version of CVS emacs do you use?

The following function doesn't work with the latest CVS emacs.

(defun speechd-speak-read-mode-line ()
  "Read mode line.
This function works only in Emacs 21.4 or higher."
  (interactive)
  (when (fboundp 'format-mode-line)
    (speechd-speak--interactive
     (speechd-speak--text (format-mode-line)))))


You need to explicitly give the mode-line-format as arg to
format-mode-line, i.e.

     (speechd-speak--text (format-mode-line mode-line-format)))))

To eliminate text properties in the return value, use this call:

     (speechd-speak--text (format-mode-line mode-line-format 0)))))

It's been like that since this change:

2005-01-06  Nick Roberts  <address@hidden>

        * xdisp.c (Fformat_mode_line): First arg now required.

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