From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Eichwalder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ChangeLog fontifications Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 05:00:44 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200405132050.00109.bruno@clisp.org> <871xloxezs.fsf@wesley.springies.com> <20040513.233755.258207743.wl@gnu.org> <20040513215623.GA14133@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084506591 11618 80.91.224.253 (14 May 2004 03:49:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 03:49:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Werner LEMBERG , ats@acm.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 14 05:49:44 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOThg-0001Iy-00 for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 05:49:44 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOThf-0001KE-00 for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 05:49:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BOThL-0000rp-HG for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 23:49:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BOThE-0000m6-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 23:49:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BOTY6-0006Pe-Es for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 23:40:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [193.175.24.41] (helo=elvis.franken.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BOTVz-0005d1-0d; Thu, 13 May 2004 23:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from uucp by elvis.franken.de with local-rmail (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1BOTVv-0005ew-00; Fri, 14 May 2004 05:37:35 +0200 Original-Received: by tux.gnu.franken.de (Postfix, from userid 270) id 70A0A1F4B5; Fri, 14 May 2004 05:00:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20040513215623.GA14133@fencepost> (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 13 May 2004 17:56:23 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:23376 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23376 Miles Bader writes: > [The alternative format you suggest, `(a)(b)(c)' does not provide any real > advantage for the reader -- embedded ") (" pairs are in fact _harder_ to > parse for a human than commas because they're busier, and less familiar.] `(a)(b)\n(c)' is better than `(a, b)\n(c)' because the second flavor is highly misleading: grouping is artificial. Please, switch to `(a, b,\nc)'. ['\n' denotes newline.] -- | ,__o | _-\_<, http://www.gnu.franken.de/ke/ | (*)/'(*)