From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Displaying bytes (was: Inadequate documentation of silly characters on screen.) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20091119082040.GA1720@muc.de> <874ooq8xay.fsf@wanchan.jasonrumney.net> <20091119141852.GC1720@muc.de> <20091119155848.GB1314@muc.de> <87aayiihe9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20091119180848.GE1314@muc.de> <47325.130.55.118.19.1258658705.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <20091119212550.GG1314@muc.de> <87my2ign8u.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258942149 9846 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2009 02:09:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Kastrup , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 03:09:02 2009 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 1NCOM7-0000Oz-H4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:08:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38121 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCOM7-0005iD-1Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCOM2-0005hr-F7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCOLx-0005hO-3Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32809 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCOLw-0005hL-Sl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:29297 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCOLs-00054X-Tv; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:29 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAFl9CUvO+IIa/2dsb2JhbACBTdF4hDwEgxmGaQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,268,1257138000"; d="scan'208";a="49822571" Original-Received: from 206-248-130-26.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.130.26]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2009 21:08:28 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 172B3B40C9; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:28 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:52:45 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:117533 Archived-At: > Basically, it isn't clear that \361 is a byte rather than a character, > and what difference that ought to make, and what you should do > if you want to turn it from a byte into a character. So how do you suggest we represent the byte 241? Stefan