From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 52459@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52459: 28.0.90; prin1-to-string does not escape bidi control characters despite print-escape-control-characters=t
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 21:23:27 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ea7fccd5-f0a5-c329-e132-a1d9c0af577a@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83pmq0l2h5.fsf@gnu.org>
On 13.12.2021 22:38, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> To break it down once more:
>>
>> 1. We have the function `prin1-to-string` which can be used to produce a
>> string representation for an Emacs lisp value.
>>
>> 2. The behavior of the function can be adjusted via configuration
>> variables, in particular `print-escape-multibyte` and
>> `print-escape-control-characters`. `print-escape-multibyte` is very
>> aggressive, it escapes every multibyte character.
>> `print-escape-control-characters` only escapes ASCII control characters.
>>
>> 3. I am asking for a way to configure `prin1-to-string` such that it
>> escapes control and other glyphless characters but not all multibyte
>> characters, such that text still stays somewhat readable. I want less
>> aggressive escaping than `print-escape-multibyte`. If I set only
>> `print-escape-control-characters=t` is not sufficient since it escapes
>> only ASCII control characters.
> And, to reiterate once more, I'm against partial solutions that affect
> only some functions that produce strings, and don't affect at all any
> text displayed from a buffer. It would be a broken solution, because
> we will never be able to explain why 'prin1' produces escapes whereas
> 'format' and 'message' don't.
I just did a little testing, and it seems
'print-escape-control-characters' only affects 'prin1-to-string' and
'prin1' but not 'message' or 'format'.
Is that a problem?
If not, adding a new variable which makes the same distinction seems
consistent with the current design.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-14 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-12 20:13 bug#52459: 28.0.90; prin1-to-string does not escape bidi control characters despite print-escape-control-characters=t Daniel Mendler
2021-12-12 20:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-12 21:11 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-12 21:33 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 12:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-13 13:19 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 13:30 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 15:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-13 16:32 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 17:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-13 18:13 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-13 18:35 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-13 18:57 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 19:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-13 19:16 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-13 19:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-14 18:23 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2021-12-14 18:32 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-14 18:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-14 18:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-14 18:51 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-12-14 19:41 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-14 19:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-12-14 18:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-14 18:56 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-14 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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