From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail From: Christoph Conrad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Local variables" and continuation lines Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:47:07 +0100 Organization: Church of GNU Emacs Message-ID: References: <200202110209.g1B295Y06552@aztec.santafe.edu> Reply-To: Christoph Conrad , cc@cli.de NNTP-Posting-Host: quimby2.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: quimby2.netfonds.no 1013465088 30766 195.204.10.66 (11 Feb 2002 22:04:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby2.netfonds.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Feb 2002 22:04:48 GMT Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby2.netfonds.no with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16aOZ5-000808-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:04:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16aOOm-0005Jy-00; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:54:08 -0500 Original-Received: from pec-119-9.tnt9.me2.uunet.de ([149.225.119.9] helo=linux.local) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16aOMd-0005Fs-00; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:51:55 -0500 Original-Received: (from cc@localhost) by linux.local (8.11.6/8.11.6/SuSE Linux 0.5) id g1BLpdt28085; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:51:39 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: linux.local: cc set sender to christoph.conrad@gmx.de using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Public-Key: http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1B488DEA In-Reply-To: <200202110209.g1B295Y06552@aztec.santafe.edu> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:09:05 -0700 (MST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 56 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: quimby.gnus.org gmane.emacs.devel:1014 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:1014 Hello Richard, you wrote: > I think that is confusing, and inconvenient in a practical > sense. It would be much better to write > [...] > 1. The former makes it clear what it means. I dare say it's only a matter of habit. In my opinion the syntax isn't very plausible or readable. > The latter could mean various different things and you can't > guess which. It is an agreement, as the former syntax also is. > It could just be a mistake. Escaping line ends with "\" could also be a mistake. > 2. With the latter, you might accidentally put something in > between and it will still "work" > [...] > but it is a recipe for confusion. This "feature" could easily be suppressed. ,---- | long-line: "This is going to be a really, really, really, really, | long-line: really, really, really, really, really long string" `---- Visually evident that the second line is acontinuation of the first one. ,---- | long-string: "This is going to be a really, really, really, really,\ | really, really, really, really, really long string" `---- Could be a syntax error!? Ahhh, at the END of the first line there's an escape. > What do others think? Yes, what do others think? Best regards, cu, -cc- -- => GNU Emacs Webring @ <= Look Ma, this man can twist his fingers as if they were made of rubber, isn't that amazing? -- Not really, he's been using emacs for years...! _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel