From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About "set bits"
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:33:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130411063328.bb6ae8bba9b38ce3f511ada0@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-F0B00D.11371910042013@news.eternal-september.org>
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:37:19 -0400
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <mailman.23883.1365607222.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:46:27 +0800
> > > From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > In (info "(elisp) Bindat Spec"):
> > >
> > > `bits LEN'
> > > List of set bits in LEN bytes. The bytes are taken in big endian
> > > order and the bits are numbered starting with `8 * LEN - 1' and
> > > ending with zero. For example: `bits 2' unpacks `#x28' `#x1c' to
> > > `(2 3 4 11 13)' and `#x1c' `#x28' to `(3 5 10 11 12)'.
> > >
> > > I don't know what "set bits" means here.
> >
> > It means bits that are set, i.e. their value is 1.
I see, thanks.
> Xue's questions about documentation often seem to suggest that he
> doesn't know how to parse English. He frequently tries to interpret
> phrases as computer or Emacs jargon, when they just have the meaning the
> words imply.
I think you're right, and I'm trying to improve this problem.
--
Xue Fuqiao
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-10 22:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-10 13:46 About "set bits" Xue Fuqiao
2013-04-10 14:15 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-04-10 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.23883.1365607222.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-04-10 15:37 ` Barry Margolin
2013-04-10 22:33 ` Xue Fuqiao [this message]
2013-04-10 22:39 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-04-11 8:46 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
[not found] ` <mailman.23943.1365669842.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-04-11 15:19 ` Barry Margolin
2013-04-12 4:39 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-04-12 14:20 ` Xue Fuqiao
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