From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16106: 24.3.50; doc of `replace-match' Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 22:56:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <0326c00d-44f5-4a16-956d-24d594d909ac@default> References: <87a9e2b9fy.fsf@building.gnus.org> <71ee4353-2d1f-4302-ae7e-fa1f5d38dca0@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392015449 15209 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2014 06:57:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:57:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16106@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 10 07:57:35 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WCko9-00082F-38 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:57:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53804 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCko8-0004Jh-JP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:57:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCknn-0003z9-Ry for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:57:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCknf-0007fd-7L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCknf-0007fK-3G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:57:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCkne-0007KZ-EI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:57:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16106 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16106-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16106.139201539328122 (code B ref 16106); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16106) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2014 06:56:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33797 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCknB-0007JW-7A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:56:33 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:48860) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCkn8-0007JH-HH for 16106@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:56:31 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s1A6uSAR006881 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:56:29 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1A6uSUB029406 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:56:28 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1A6uS3X029398; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:56:28 GMT In-Reply-To: <71ee4353-2d1f-4302-ae7e-fa1f5d38dca0@default> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85231 Archived-At: > Most things in Emacs and Lisp in general are zero-based. > It is not obvious that this is one-based. And Oth and zeroth > make as much sense as 1th and oneth. If counting is zero-based > then the 0th element is exactly that: the entry that is indexed > by the number zero. Let me put it differently: Is there a good reason NOT to say that "N is a digit from 1 through 9"?