From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:30:59 +0100 Message-ID: <874k475br0.fsf@gnus.org> References: <5f0de05c-33e6-4855-8603-19c0bd0c4c4e@default> <87czjxsutu.fsf@gnus.org> <87r18d201p.fsf@igel.home> <87k0e5r9is.fsf@gnus.org> <87ee4d1yqx.fsf@igel.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12577"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 23130@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 09 17:32:15 2022 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 1nRzET-000320-MU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:32:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59486 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzER-0002Hh-7u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38426) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzEI-0002HW-U9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38430) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzEI-00043Z-L6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzEI-0001Ou-CH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:32:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23130 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 23130-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23130.16468434722964 (code B ref 23130); Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23130) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Mar 2022 16:31:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60560 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzDU-0000lV-0I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:31:12 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:48338) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzDR-0000dj-Qr for 23130@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:31:11 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=oqefPv6CMIfQu7ngl3rE5/mrQvJ70P6/ngHsk72mQQk=; b=TVJTx5FUadgQX/xt1YK7R4zCNf /HfSOG7GGdlIlhdX87SBO7BT9+xe79LdFuwK99Ibe/CZXgquw1f9N7u13xgHQQTT7u3+Pszd96aEt Rv0AESbb/I4hwX6xr5CYXEAIP+2cQ9kzOGy/t0909JkSgaWDPWjYydrCSrENPg9Nfkvo=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nRzDI-0000sk-FL; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:31:02 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Scritti Politti's _Songs to Remember_: "Gettin' Havin' & Holdin'" In-Reply-To: <87ee4d1yqx.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:41:42 +0100") 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:228166 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: >>> The following characters are always escaped in a symbol: >>> >>> if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c == '\'' >>> || c == ';' || c == '#' || c == '(' || c == ')' >>> || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '`' >>> || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '?' || c <= 040 >>> || c == NO_BREAK_SPACE >> >> But why "."? > > Because it is special to the reader. Is it special to the reader inside a symbol? I'm trying to come up with an example and failing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no