From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PierGianLuca Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Display of "narrow no-break space" character Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:04:49 +0200 Message-ID: <10782d5c-e33f-25d6-0be3-531c8fa2cf22@magnaspesmeretrix.org> References: <9e785431-3ef1-8452-bab4-1f084fa1a304@magnaspesmeretrix.org> <83fs6qqsoo.fsf@gnu.org> <837cs2qlfx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28139"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 17 16:05:29 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1qAWYS-00079c-0P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:05:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAWXy-0005jw-7X; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:04:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAWXv-0005jM-Tv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:04:55 -0400 Original-Received: from manu28.manufrog.com ([138.128.182.226]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAWXt-0002GL-EI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:04:55 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=magnaspesmeretrix.org; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: In-Reply-To:From:References:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=r0wmVvZ2ldRLtUv3MrLHuA50GqqI/Yxc0IT6/m9f8p8=; b=fZeB/svh8k+RpODsFJtuKc/0tL bCUBQ58VnZgHQCWdCbklSP6Il0Tf9yjyO6nSWnYWXjNB8extu9oDY79CC+1UhvLex+RIFOdC7EuQR k5Ix+9j0I3zFCHkEKA/wh0SDd; Original-Received: from [51.174.11.164] (port=59992 helo=[192.168.10.171]) by manu28.manufrog.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qAWY5-0007IM-0U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:04:53 +0200 Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <837cs2qlfx.fsf@gnu.org> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - manu28.manufrog.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - magnaspesmeretrix.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: manu28.manufrog.com: authenticated_id: luca@magnaspesmeretrix.org X-Authenticated-Sender: manu28.manufrog.com: luca@magnaspesmeretrix.org Received-SPF: pass client-ip=138.128.182.226; envelope-from=luca@magnaspesmeretrix.org; helo=manu28.manufrog.com X-Spam_score_int: -19 X-Spam_score: -2.0 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.091, 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: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:143974 Archived-At: Hi Eli, thank you, actually I think I've managed now: (setq disptab (make-display-table)) (aset disptab 8239 [729]) ;; upper dot for narrow no-break space (setq buffer-display-table disptab) The question now is how to make this the standard display table on all future Emacs sessions. I tried adding (aset standard-display-table 8239 [729]) to my .init.el, but it yields a "wrong type argument" error. Still, it works if I call it after Emacs is started instead. On 230617 15:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:09:24 +0200 >> From: PierGianLuca >> >> Thank you for the reference, Eli. >> >> I've read the whole "Character Display" section, but it's really above my head; at least the parts that are probably relevant. >> >> I tried to follow the example that starts with >> >> (setq disptab (make-display-table)) >> ... >> [incidentally, there are spurious parentheses at the end of that code] > > Thanks, fixed. > >> modifying the "(aset disptab ...)", but no success. > > Crystal ball says you didn't assign the display table you created to > the buffer display table or standard-display-table. Without that, all > you have is a display table that nothing in Emacs uses. > > If the above is not what you tried, how about showing what you tried? >