From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gratuitous changes Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:09:52 -0600 (CST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200302060409.WAA22146@eel.dms.auburn.edu> References: <20030204155741.B75B.LEKTU@terra.es> <2110-Tue04Feb2003214642+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <20030204211350.DE42.LEKTU@terra.es> <200302042022.h14KMPN23253@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044504501 25135 80.91.224.249 (6 Feb 2003 04:08:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 04:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18gdKk-0006Ws-00 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 05:08:18 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18gdTd-0001qi-00 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 05:17:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gdM5-0007Fl-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 23:09:41 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gdLi-00078u-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 23:09:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gdLb-0006nK-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 23:09:14 -0500 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gdLY-0006fW-00; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 23:09:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eel.dms.auburn.edu (eel.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.108]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA02244; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:09:05 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by eel.dms.auburn.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id WAA22146; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:09:52 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: eel.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Wed, 05 Feb 2003 21:42:35 -0500) Original-cc: ted@oconnor.cx X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11405 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11405 Richard Stallman wrote: (string-to-char " ") would also work, and would avoid the need for a change in Emacs. This works, but in certain situations, one may want something more concise. Within lists and arrays, (string-to-char " ") requires backquote and comma. Note that danger of accidental tabification occurs everywhere, including lists, arrays and strings. I now lean toward promoting one of Handa's two suggestions: ?\040 or ?\x20. They also require no change in emacs, nor use of backquote-comma, and are more concise than (string-to-char " "). Use of ? and ?\ does not appear safe, without change in `tabify-regexp'. Of course, there also is the possibility of changing `tabify-regexp'. Sincerely, Luc.