From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Word syntax question Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:58:54 +0900 Message-ID: <8763nl1m41.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87mygy0ybq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87bpxd29ft.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224637157 9275 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2008 00:59:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:59:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@suse.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 03:00:18 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsS5B-0006pp-Ll for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:00:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60099 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsS46-0007cH-BS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsS41-0007c2-QH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsS40-0007bq-ER for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59747 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsS40-0007bn-7r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:04 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:51337) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsS3x-0001Rm-4Y; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:01 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.212.150.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.212.150] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1KsS3t-00046G-Gu; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:58:57 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C9727DFC9; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:58:54 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:21:29 +0200") Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104799 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> > See char-script-table, forward-word also stops at a script boundary. >> >> That seems kind of broken in this case -- it's quite common for >> "phonetic" characters to be intermixed in a word with latin characters, >> and certainly nobody thinks of those boundaries as being word >> boundaries. > > I agree. I think we should introduce a user option to control whether > it stops on script boundaries or not, because sometimes it makes > sense, sometimes it doesn't. But a global setting seems far too course, and in general, whether it's "right" or not seems like it depends more on the precise mixture of scripts rather than a user's personal preferences. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.