From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23867: 25.1.50; Doc string containing `\N' Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:15:33 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467209812 3406 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2016 14:16:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23867@debbugs.gnu.org, Tino Calancha To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 29 16:16:41 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHu-0002n8-NM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:16:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44077 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHt-0002lD-Uu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:16:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60372) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHf-0002W9-39 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:16:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHa-0003gz-6i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47855) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHa-0003gr-2i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHZ-0004RX-MB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:16:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:16:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23867 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23867-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23867.146720973717046 (code B ref 23867); Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:16:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23867) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jun 2016 14:15:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60192 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGHA-0004Qs-Tz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:15:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:38431) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bIGH9-0004Qk-Cw for 23867@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:15:35 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Original-Received: from relay1.suse.de (charybdis-ext.suse.de [195.135.220.254]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7015DAAF4; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:15:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Yow: This is a NO-FRILLS flight -- hold th' CANADIAN BACON!! In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:00:30 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) 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: 208.118.235.43 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:120203 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > There have been very few exceptions to this in the past - very > few characters for which \-escaping is not a no-op. What's the > rationale for breaking this for N? The same as for `u' or `U' or ` ' or `x' (in reverse chronological order). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."