From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27270: display-raw-bytes-as-hex generates ambiguous output for Emacs strings Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:25:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83efrpz0z6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <29d6844f-2f6f-11c1-7877-a9d169e613f8@cs.ucla.edu> <83tw3s8jhr.fsf@gnu.org> <1c05b888-0c4a-05c8-248a-6e550637fff4@cs.ucla.edu> <8737bbxp6a.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <2d5a8cd8-0884-bc1e-4298-a84dca61acbf@cs.ucla.edu> <831squ8no8.fsf@gnu.org> <93d9c575-4eb2-ea9e-d998-a8f3cff33a1e@cs.ucla.edu> <83y3t271ar.fsf@gnu.org> <83shja6yoq.fsf@gnu.org> <83r2yt7lad.fsf@gnu.org> <2202b54b-606f-0a10-abf7-5cb1a9164897@cs.ucla.edu> <83h8zo71au.fsf@gnu.org> <83r2yq60nv.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504358867 28455 195.159.176.226 (2 Sep 2017 13:27:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 13:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: v.schneidermann@gmail.com, 27270@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 02 15:27:32 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 1do8S6-0005eb-Hr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:27:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47964 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8SD-000335-LW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:27:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36967) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8S2-000329-Vy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8Ry-0006wa-Ch for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33200) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8Ry-0006wR-9H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:27:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do8Ry-0004go-2w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:27:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 13:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27270 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 27270-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27270.150435878617980 (code B ref 27270); Sat, 02 Sep 2017 13:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27270) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2017 13:26:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41880 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do8RN-0004fw-OI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:26:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45691) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do8RM-0004fk-4b for 27270@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:26:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8R9-0006Ep-FE for 27270@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49375) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8Qj-0005jg-KA; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:25:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2162 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1do8Qi-0001zj-IA; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:25:45 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Sun, 11 Jun 2017 10:26:28 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:136482 Archived-At: unblock 24655 by 27270 thanks > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 10:26:28 -0700 > Cc: v.schneidermann@gmail.com, 27270@debbugs.gnu.org, > npostavs@users.sourceforge.net > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Then maybe the new hex display should use the \N{U+nnn} format? > > If we're going to do that, we might as well use \unnnn, which is shorter. A > downside of either syntax, though, is the implication that the raw byte is > intended to be Unicode, which it typically is not. That is partly why I was > thinking \x{nn} would be better: it'd be clearer to users. In any case, since this is a "wishlist" bug report, I don't think it should block the release of Emacs 26.1 (or any other version). Thanks.