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#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:00:08 -0700 Message-ID: <272E8A17AE3C42699357E7293692E7DA@us.oracle.com> References: <7A4E77E7DAE2436DA3DFE76693103500@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310748560 2579 80.91.229.12 (15 Jul 2011 16:49:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:49:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8935@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 15 18:49:16 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhlZf-0007CN-4f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:49:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55469 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhlZe-0001e3-2Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:49:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42828) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhkp6-0004ne-LJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhkp4-0005i7-KG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35258) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhkp4-0005i3-Dv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhkp3-0007it-On; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:01:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:01:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8935 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 8935-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8935.131074562828578 (code B ref 8935); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:01:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8935) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2011 16:00:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhkoV-0007Qt-4c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhkoS-0007FY-G8 for 8935@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:25 -0400 Original-Received: from rtcsinet21.oracle.com (rtcsinet21.oracle.com [66.248.204.29]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p6FG0FeC015154 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:00:17 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by rtcsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6FG0DTB005474 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:00:14 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt103.oracle.com (abhmt103.oracle.com [141.146.116.55]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p6FG0875030730; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:00:08 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.34.212) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:00:08 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcxDBIGX4ApmS6LCTUGG/OM7vS/jmgAAp3YA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: rtcsinet21.oracle.com [66.248.204.29] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090208.4E206411.0077:SCFSTAT5015188, ss=1, re=-4.000, fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:01:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:49175 Archived-At: > > It has no special effect on special character combinations > > such as `\[' and `\='. If you really want to say something > > about escaping `\' as the next character then I suppose you > > could: "In particular, `\=\' produces `\' in the output. > > This is wrong, because \ by itself has no special meaning, so > you don't need to precede it by \=. It's not wrong. \ by itself has no special meaning, so it need not be escaped when by itself - agreed. But \ followed by these particular chars (e.g. `[') does have special meaning for `substitute-command-keys', so when followed by such a char it does need to be escaped, if you want `\' in the output. It is nevertheless the \ and only the \ that is escaped. The escaping code takes no look past the \ to see what follows it. It is you, the programmer, who decides whether a particular \ needs escaping, and yes, you do that by looking at the following char (e.g. `['). But _you_ do that - that is not part of what `substitute-command-keys' does or `\=' does.