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#16828: 24.3.50; eval-expression, character representation of integer results time-consuming Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:22:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83fui09i5z.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83mwhk4v48.fsf@gnu.org> <83txbr2sye.fsf@gnu.org> <87zjljf086.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <83a9di3lt1.fsf@gnu.org> <877g8mb3lh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <530DBEEE.8060805@gmx.at> <87zig84s6l.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <83wpbc9ldc.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgrs9k8p.fsf@gnu.org> <87inmw3x5b.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490541862 26100 195.159.176.226 (26 Mar 2017 15:24:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16828@debbugs.gnu.org To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 26 17:24:17 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 1csA1W-0005Vx-V9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:24:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41340 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1csA1c-0008Un-Uz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:24:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36215) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1csA1W-0008UP-6E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1csA1S-00039N-6u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47864) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1csA1S-00039H-3O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1csA1R-0000Cx-R9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:24:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16828 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 16828-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16828.1490541783735 (code B ref 16828); Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16828) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Mar 2017 15:23:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46063 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1csA0V-0000Bn-5k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:23:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45125) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1csA0T-0000B2-J3 for 16828@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1csA0J-00031i-2l for 16828@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:22:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40098) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1csA0J-00031Y-04; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:22:51 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2857 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1csA0I-0006La-8e; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:22:50 -0400 In-reply-to: <87inmw3x5b.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (npostavs@users.sourceforge.net) 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:130977 Archived-At: > From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net > Cc: 16828@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:55:44 -0400 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> > > >> > So, under this proposal, is there any way to get the character for a > >> > single invocation of M-:, without setting the option, if I only need > >> > that sometimes? Should there be such a way? > >> > >> Isn't M-: (prin1-char value) sufficient? > > > > No, not after years of using "M-: #xNNNN RET". > > If you want to keep muscle memory, > > (setq eval-expression-print-maximum-character most-positive-fixnum) > > should give you back the old behaviour. If you only want this only some > of the time, perhaps we should add a toggle-print-maximum-character > command? What about a special value of prefix argument, like zero? If that's OK, it's more convenient than any of the above.