From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ?\_ patch Date: 09 Feb 2003 03:07:53 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xr8aijjeu.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200302070856.RAA00661@etlken.m17n.org> <5xk7gci39e.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20030207132847.GA5105@gnu.org> <5xfzr0i1nx.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20030207140204.GA6530@gnu.org> <87r8akp3hj.fsf@dvp.imm.uran.ru> <5x65rwhy5d.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <873cn0hyu9.fsf@china.shootybangbang.com> <5x1y2khw6q.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20030208014446.GA20249@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044752864 20019 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 01:07:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 01:07:44 +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 18hfwb-0005Cj-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 02:07:41 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18hg6t-0008DK-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 02:18:19 +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 18hfyG-0002Bt-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:09:24 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hfxs-0001nw-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:09:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hfxf-0001MA-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:08:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hfxd-0001Bc-00; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:08:46 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (unknown [10.1.82.3]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 732D87C012; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 02:08:42 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20030208014446.GA20249@gnu.org> Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-cc: Kenichi Handa Original-cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu Original-cc: Dmitry Paduchikh 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:11507 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11507 Miles Bader writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:50:21PM +0100, Kim F. Storm wrote: > > > > What is the CL and Scheme syntax for a space character ? > > > > > > #\Space > > > > So I guess introducing #\SPC for space in emacs would be even more > > confusing than ?\s or ?\SPC. > > Oh, don't be silly. _all_ of the above are pretty clear to anyone with even > a modicum of clue, except ?\s. IMO, it would be silly to adapt the CL and Scheme syntax for characters, but use different names for the characters. If we want to use #\ to denote a space, it should be #\Space - not #\SPC. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk