Re: Re: Clock history, C-u C-c C-x C-i not working properly

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:40 AM, Bernt Hansen wrote:

> Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>>
>>> Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I have had this issue for quite a while, and now it's finally  
>>>> time to
>>>> post it.  I'm using emacs 23.2.1 and orgmode 7.01trans
>>>> (release_7.01g.73.g29354) on windoze XP, together with Bernt's  
>>>> clock
>>>> history setup.
>>>>
>>>> If I hit C-u C-c C-x C-i, the list of tasks to clock in starts
>>>> somewhere in the middle, right now at ``[J]''.  I've had this  
>>>> issue on
>>>> emacs 22 and with orgmode 6.36 ...
>>>
>>> My list on Windows XP, Emacs 23.2.1 is also a bit weird.  The  
>>> choices
>>> for my list are:
>>>
>>> [d] [1] [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [A] [B] [C] [D] [M] [O] [R]
>>>
>>> On linux with a full clock history I get
>>>
>>> [d] [1] [2] ... [9] [A] [B] ... [R] [S] with no gaps
>>>
>>> I've noticed problems with the menu on my EEE PC which has a reduced
>>> screen size so it couldn't display the entire menu and displayed  
>>> the end
>>> instead of beginning of the menu.  I've since reduced
>>> org-clock-history-length from 36 to 28 so it fits on that device.
>>
>> I tried reducing org-clock-history-length to 12, but to no avail.   
>> It's
>> not that the list doesn't fit in the buffer, it starts at [J] and  
>> shows
>> only [J] through [Z] with no gaps.  I don't see an error message in  
>> the
>> minibuffer ...
>>
>> Would it help if I attached a screenshot?
>
> No I don't think attaching a screenshot will really add any value at
> this point.  I'm looking at the org-clock-select-task function to  
> try to
> determine why it comes up with these weird selections.

These selection characters are made by doing computations with  
character numbers.
maybe Windows has a different underlying font (not ascii, something  
else), where
specific characters are located at different positions?

- Carsten