From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Backslash-escaped brackets in string literals Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:00:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83blqqp5ra.fsf@gnu.org> References: <64ECD2AB-962B-4781-BFBA-6357277C9599@acm.org> <83a76cq8u7.fsf@gnu.org> <83pnf7pso7.fsf@gnu.org> <83k15fpidk.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="20104"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mattias =?utf-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 26 17:01:39 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ivkLz-0005Bt-88 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:01:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34834 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ivkLy-0001wp-A2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:01:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56280) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ivkL1-0001V7-7c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:00:40 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47026) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ivkL0-0003l4-Np; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:00:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2747 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ivkKy-0002Vo-MF; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:00:37 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Mattias =?utf-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= on Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:24:11 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:244657 Archived-At: > From: Mattias EngdegĂ„rd > Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:24:11 +0100 > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > I thought I've just shown you that disregarding this issue entirely is > > still premature. I'm okay with maybe making the text less mandatory > > and more a recommendation, perhaps even mentioning older Emacs > > versions. But removing it entirely? what's the rush? > > And I thought I just showed you that 'C-x 4 a' had actually been fixed... Let's shake hands. đŸ€ > It's perfectly normal to adjust the documentation to match the implementation; no need for foot-dragging. Your point about being nice to users of older versions is taken, though. Would this patch do? It retains the recommendation while being clear about its purpose. Fine with me, thanks.