From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: non-break-space in tutorial Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:57:31 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87wtp5hapg.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87y8a1o9u0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87acmgubin.fsf@jurta.org> <87ll5yqbya.fsf@jurta.org> <87mzq3r70q.fsf@jurta.org> <873bruw4nw.fsf@jurta.org> <87wtp5raj4.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118196603 10194 80.91.229.2 (8 Jun 2005 02:10:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 02:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 08 04:10:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dfq0q-0002sh-Et for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:09:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dfq7T-0003Zi-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:16:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dfq65-00034N-KY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dfq64-00033l-BW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:15:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dfq64-00033E-7j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:15:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.126.101.111] (helo=mail.neti.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dfq61-00076L-CA; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.neti.ee (80-235-33-254-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.33.254]) by Relayhost1.neti.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7512815; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 05:11:30 +0300 (EEST) Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 8 Jun 2005 09:17:10 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) (Debian) at neti.ee 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:38298 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38298 > The strength of the old display method is that it uses a familiar > notation (backslash escape and common escape highlighting) to show > that NBSP/soft-hyphen are "funny" characters, rather than adding yet > another ad-hoc notation. The new display method uses no less familiar notation. The underlined space looks very like the underscore character used in programming languages to represent a space between inseparable words inside identifiers. > Now, you may dislike this representation, but the fact that you think > your preferred solution "is better than anything proposed so far" > doesn't make that some kind of undisputed fact. [Clearly, because I'm > here disputing it.] I never claimed it to be undisputed fact. On the contrary, in the mail I sent after installing the patch I asked all people to try the new highlighting for some time period with the intention to hear all opinions about it afterwards. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/