From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Davis Herring" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display.texi: (,) isn't documented. Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <32900.128.165.123.18.1181252000.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> References: <87y7ivkago.fsf@debby.local.net> <20070607202624.GA1264@muc.de> Reply-To: herring@lanl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181252020 16705 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2007 21:33:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 21:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Alan Mackenzie" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 07 23:33:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HwPbo-00025y-PI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:33:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwPbo-0000Cj-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:33:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwPbk-00009l-Ls for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:33:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwPbg-0008Rr-Lo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:33:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwPbg-0008Rh-GU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:33:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov ([192.65.95.54] helo=mailwasher-b.lanl.gov) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HwPbg-0002Vt-19 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:33:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailrelay3.lanl.gov (mailrelay3.lanl.gov [128.165.4.104]) by mailwasher-b.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l57LXLMm023625 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:33:21 -0600 Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (webmail1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.106]) by mailrelay3.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l57LXK5g020582; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:33:21 -0600 Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail1.lanl.gov (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l57LXK5M032712; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:33:20 -0600 Original-Received: (from apache@localhost) by webmail1.lanl.gov (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id l57LXKrQ032710; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:33:20 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: webmail1.lanl.gov: apache set sender to herring@lanl.gov using -f Original-Received: from 128.165.123.18 (SquirrelMail authenticated user 196434) by webmail.lanl.gov with HTTP; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:33:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070607202624.GA1264@muc.de> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-6.el3.2lanl X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:72441 Archived-At: > "Lines" and "Columns" here aren't units - they're identifying > information. If the cursor is on L168, that's in no way 4 times its > being on L42. Of course it is! If you type M-x recompile (pause) C-x `, and you go to line 42, and then (after a bit more typing) type it again and go to line 168*, now 4 times as much of your file compiles without errors. Seems straightforward enough to me. Kidding! Davis * Actually it should be 165. First, 41 lines compiled successfully; then it was 164. -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.