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From: mcvax!emeraude.dedlpr.bull.fr!macrakis@UUNET.UU.NET (Stavros Macrakis)
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Subject: Bad \-syntax should cause error
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Date: 29 Dec 88 16:20:28 GMT
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GNU Emacs 18.50.3 of Wed Aug 17 1988 on rigel (usg-unix-v)

Many syntax errors in the use of \-escapes in strings are not
signaled.  This is "dangerous", especially since it is easy to be a
little bit off...:

	Input		Current value	Intended value

	\m		m		\r
	\m-x		m-x		\M-x
	\c-x		c-x		\C-x
	\x		x		\\x  ???
					x    ???