From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Roland Winkler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#64739: (forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal numbers Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:14:48 -0500 Message-ID: <878rb94ahz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87cz0n6qvp.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> <831qh33x46.fsf@gnu.org> <87o7k54ff6.fsf@gnu.org> <83tttxzb08.fsf@gnu.org> <83r0p1zatl.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1911"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 64739@debbugs.gnu.org, joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 21 16:16:30 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 1qMqvm-0000IR-5p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:16:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMqvM-0001a0-9Q; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:16:04 -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 1qMqvL-0001Zp-1B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:16:03 -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 1qMqvK-00034H-PJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qMqvK-00039a-CP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Roland Winkler Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:16:02 +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=B64739.168994890512050 (code B ref 64739); Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 64739) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jul 2023 14:15:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34327 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qMquP-00038I-EJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55312) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qMquL-00037R-K4 for 64739@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:15:03 -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 1qMquF-0002b8-FY; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:14:55 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To: From; bh=QVv3mqMm5eBy68VLZxWbJWli635P0mv4JjTSrESCudc=; b=Oo1z4MTqu02aa0DfyZU8 BxY3+qiIe66KilADpwYixX55iefOJ6bdpJBicct3PcWRTr/pZ89cemlHYeL7tqNwgoeihXNQ5Nzmq mIgkV1O60k41Ox14Q6ArQTInr2y8eMTSjCmz7++qEAjR0+p+Q/iXOvdE/aBrx+qSXvsa2A72yRwOA R1m0ZEwZFslG+YfZrynYZeGtMZm9aofVZAx7xuk+NI1kM3uvLcH5naj4ScnlIB1AUHbKn38tNVeuo Thy0VjaOfHPBl5KuskIFg6HJYs2bp5wnUsghupkBOFPLgR4wGWVWBWV3YkhnCInWo3Laj59CykVKa 0OK3DdsEtpngTg==; Original-Received: from [2600:1700:5650:f790::22] (helo=regnitz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qMquA-0008GV-19; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:14:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <83r0p1zatl.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:52:06 +0300") 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:265714 Archived-At: 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?