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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 1726@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, 1727@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,
	rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: bug#1727: 23.0.60; end-of-sentence and non-breaking space
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:11:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvljtupcw3.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports__29504.1723097258$1230870299$gmane$org@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y6xv7kmc.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:39 -0500")

>> 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.

This raw-byte char is what used to be called an eight-bit-control (or
eight-bit-graphic depending on the actual value) char.

I.e. "\xa0" is treated as a string that contains the \xa0 byte (i.e. an
eight-bit-* (aka raw-byte) char) rather than the \xa0 char (a latin-1
non-breaking space).


        Stefan





  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-02  4:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [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  1:25 ` bug#1726: " Richard M Stallman
2009-01-02  2:38 ` bug#1726: bug#1727: " Drew Adams
2009-01-02  2:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-02  4:11 ` bug#1726: " Stefan Monnier
2009-01-02  4:11 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-01-01  3:47 bug#1727: " Chong Yidong

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