From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:14:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: <165875050243.3275.8867100069985547389@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20220725120142.D1283C0F203@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <87r1298hxp.fsf@gmail.com> <864jz513nb.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83h735dpno.fsf@gnu.org> <86tu75doeq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <867d41dlc8.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87ilnk8fuc.fsf@gmail.com> <86o7w2196j.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87mtbkkdb5.fsf@gmail.com> <867d2ol9yl.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22032"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Robert Pluim , Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 31 22:17:19 2022 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 1oTU9G-0005VF-Ns for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:17:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47498 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oTU95-00058Q-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:17:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47820) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oTU75-0002Ks-Al for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:24390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oTU72-0003MT-OD; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id C7CF04427F6; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 87D7C4427F4; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:14:56 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1661976896; bh=c8vhHZzVsbm0xgwF9owKNlhdWN8U9xtU9YK8L/Wfb+k=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=NHbNEUm5QhCuLcvXVTUX5xD5D0kp3AUyW8kUvTQfqVdulSdlFJzm2s7UqwMuCIg44 6CYwembGs8lO2N8GwIW5ft6x0oAZhadnzm1WjAS1IuLuXpqTTS/q45HnfdNMyqAS18 PIOP4H2pobtleCH4gumR8BREfLYh/24j/sEn6EgO/SaD9ln+wHU6U7APnOXcqnLMQr pEt5H52rP2rpa3OMWJwgvzBBk1fRU5FoKNxkic9Y4fiiq1uYfOpPv9wFsx7IJFmSjn KRq9Q2R+OJwHRoC/05qmHM9JjVZFpd4275PIRe3KDXGoITO7rFE14RlTi6hZIp3zM5 F0yHoMmsI0w7g== Original-Received: from lechazo (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 492A71205E5; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:14:56 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <867d2ol9yl.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:09:34 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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:294454 Archived-At: >> I have one comment: using `read-char-by-name' is kind >> of cumbersome when all you want to do is find the equivalents to >> e.g. 'a'. Would it make sense to have something similar to >> `read-char-by-name' but that accepted single characters *without* >> treating those as hex? You=CA=BCd still be able to enter single digit >> hex characters by prefixing them with '0'. > Wouldn't it be cleaner to use just (read-char-from-minibuffer "Character:= ") > where you can either type a character directly or use 'C-x 8 RET' > to insert a character by its name. I lost the beginning of this discussion: why can't we unify `read-char-from-minibuffer` and `read-char-by-name' into a single function? Stefan