2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d85a0433fd8..1fbbcdef984 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2009-08-30  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+        * emacs-lisp/debug.el (debugger-setup-buffer): Make it multibyte.
+
         * emacs-lisp/cl.el (cl-macro-environment): Don't define it here.
 
         * emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-force-history-flag):
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
index 42a2086c0c9..baad2559e0c 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ first will be printed into the backtrace buffer."
 That buffer should be current already."
   (setq buffer-read-only nil)
   (erase-buffer)
-  (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
+  (set-buffer-multibyte t)              ;Why was it nil ?  -stef
   (setq buffer-undo-list t)
   (let ((standard-output (current-buffer))
         (print-escape-newlines t)