From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#64739: (forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal numbers Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:29:38 +0300 Message-ID: <83bkg5banh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87cz0n6qvp.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> <831qh33x46.fsf@gnu.org> <87o7k54ff6.fsf@gnu.org> <83tttxzb08.fsf@gnu.org> <83r0p1zatl.fsf@gnu.org> <878rb94ahz.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38915"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 64739@debbugs.gnu.org, joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in To: Roland Winkler Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 21 16:30:27 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr9G-000A0H-PB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:30:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr8w-0004rq-Jd; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:30:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr8s-0004rG-SZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:30:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr8s-0007El-J1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:30:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr8s-0003Ve-FP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:30:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 64739 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 64739-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B64739.168994975913418 (code B ref 64739); Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 64739) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jul 2023 14:29:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34361 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr8A-0003UL-VF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:29:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33658) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr89-0003U9-6D for 64739@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr83-00073W-HZ; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:29:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=R74q7CYiVKolaPa2gYcnWZTcp926cTCnnvXwYoj1Yg4=; b=hKFXECVD55h4 xoZ8Zv8QLp/gH3tHFnKnJNX2/bG9aprkeAfRTcWBAz/mCWIjJc2mvT0qz9th6pOC03/RwcRZ+RWrA xfxgCFTImCOBhvwG79iQkCPDNVAT7eKmUAFx0J/fPvA+aOBdPbHCteSTkQQDakD/5dCZXf+pwJ8uG 5MiEQRmyzcF2v8LHoW/q3xgFvMSPBIkvPgEcdTWVnftJwj1rdsmf8TXlNtaOT0dqH8ZcKPoTq0N8R IW7Zh2Q02PO0tgT/OafUySy+ghswrkE44axMEQuv0L54wPE+/27P4BekFTdabARhifwKeAJoiUsjS KAKJwg+NhYlHRGC038+InA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMr7u-0002hG-Sz; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:29:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <878rb94ahz.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Roland Winkler on Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:14:48 -0500) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:265719 Archived-At: > From: Roland Winkler > Cc: 64739@debbugs.gnu.org, joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in > Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:14:48 -0500 > > On Fri, Jul 21 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> It should use its own function, if you ask me. forward-word is a > >> kludge. > > > > To clarify: I meant that using forward-word in this case is a kludge. > > I am not familiar with how forward-thing is implemented. A dedicated > function has been my personal solution for this problem that has been > serving me well for many years. So one can rephrase: How common a > problem is this that it may (not?) justify a solution in the standard > emacs code? By "its own function" I meant that we implement it in Emacs, not that you implement it in your personal customizations.