From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4520: downcasing function arguments by default not appropriate in multi-tty Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:27:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <200909221527.n8MFRFQ7017415@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Dan Nicolaescu , 4520@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253634593 28034 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2009 15:49:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:49:53 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 22 17:49:46 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mq7cc-0007sa-Av for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:49:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40959 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7cb-0008UF-SK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:49:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7aD-0007Rs-Vr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7a8-0007M1-9t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55753 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7a8-0007Lt-3m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:50921) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mq7a7-0004uk-FO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8MFl3vs007760; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:47:03 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8MFZ46x005703; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:35:04 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:35:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Dan Nicolaescu Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:35:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 4520 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12536333484849 (code B ref -1); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:35:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 22 Sep 2009 15:29:08 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8MFT6Q2004846 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:29:07 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7If-0006av-Us for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7Ia-0006aZ-Jf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37981 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq7Ia-0006aW-C6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:29:00 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.120]:54353) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mq7IZ-0001Wr-1B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:29:00 -0400 Original-Received: from godzilla.ics.uci.edu (godzilla.ics.uci.edu [128.195.10.101]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8MFRF2w020259 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:27:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by godzilla.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n8MFRFQ7017415; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:27:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Lines: 10 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n8MFRF2w020259 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:13 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31349 Archived-At: *Help* buffers downcase function arguments depending on the font in use (if it supports italics?). Changing a buffer's contents based on the font is use is not appropriate since we have multi-tty, the same buffer can be shown simultaneously in an X11 frame and a tty frame, and the properties of the font used in the X11 frame can be very different from the ones used in a tty frame. So changing the buffer content _by_default_ is not a good idea. AFAIK we do not do such a thing anywhere else in emacs.