From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Eggert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37659: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= acm.org> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:52:36 -0700 Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="159472"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 Cc: 37659@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 13 18:53:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh7I-000fLe-Hw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:53:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41084 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh7H-0000jn-35 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:53:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46147) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh78-0000fc-Tr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:53:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh77-0008I5-W6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56192) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh77-0008Hx-T1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:53:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh77-0004KO-OZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Paul Eggert Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37659 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 37659-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37659.157098556716611 (code B ref 37659); Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37659) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Oct 2019 16:52:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36780 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh6t-0004Jr-83 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:52:47 -0400 Original-Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:34734) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJh6p-0004JV-Pb for 37659@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:52:45 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 736E816023B; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id TDF-JPiMDmbb; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:52:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01381605D8; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:52:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Original-Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id olvGoxW5b5ti; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:52:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.9] (cpe-23-242-74-103.socal.res.rr.com [23.242.74.103]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9A69916023B; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:52:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US 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: 209.51.188.43 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:169120 Archived-At: On 10/12/19 3:47 AM, Mattias Engdeg=C3=A5rd wrote: > there is no hint of the difference from 'or' or '|'. That goal is secondary and can be dispensed with. It is OK to use a symbo= l that=20 one must remember or look up. 'unordered-or' is simply too ungainly. Of the names you suggest, 'alt' is the the best. But here's another idea:= use=20 '|' for unordered or, and 'or' for ORdered OR. Strictly speaking this wou= ld be=20 an incompatible change, but I doubt whether many users will notice or car= e.