From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26299: 24.5; Use of =?UTF-8?Q?`=E2=80=A6'?= in Info Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70f7b182-ca55-499c-8afe-6bd4aef370a1@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490798714 31933 195.159.176.226 (29 Mar 2017 14:45:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:45:14 +0000 (UTC) To: 26299@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 29 16:45:09 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ctEqR-0007YO-IK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:45:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59495 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ctEqV-0002LP-Si for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:44:25 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:131059 Archived-At: As one user, I find the adoption of `=E2=80=A6' instead of `...' to be a retrogression, not an improvement. It is far less readable. Just one opinion. Compare, as one example among zillions: -- Macro: with-help-window buffer-name body=E2=80=A6 with -- Macro: with-help-window buffer-name body... I cannot imagine what someone thought, when making this change. Did it come just because we _can_ now use that Unicode character? That's not a reason that we _should_ use it in such contexts. In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2015-04-11 on LEG570 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D3D/c/usr --host=3D3Di686-pc-mingw32'