From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: 1726@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rms@gnu.org,
1727@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#1727: 23.0.60; end-of-sentence and non-breaking space
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6xv7kmc.fsf__4348.85858926481$1230782763$gmane$org@cyd.mit.edu> (raw)
From bug#1726 and bug#1727:
> forward-sentence does not treat non-breaking space as a space for
> purposes of sentence ends.
...
> When I type C-x = at a non-breaking space, it tells me that it
> has code 160, hex a0. But when I execute (insert "\xa0"),
> it inserts something that displays as `\240' and for which C-x =
> displays this:
>
> Char: (4194208, #o17777640, #x3fffa0, raw-byte) point=198 of 211
> (93%) column=5
>
> Is that a bug? It seems quite confusing to me.
ISTR that there was an extended discussion about classifying
non-breaking spaces on this list a while back. But I can't find it now.
Does anyone remember the details?
next reply other threads:[~2009-01-01 3:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-01 3:47 Chong Yidong [this message]
[not found] <87y6xv7kmc.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-01-02 1:25 ` bug#1727: 23.0.60; end-of-sentence and non-breaking space Richard M Stallman
2009-01-02 2:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-02 4:11 ` Stefan Monnier
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