From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6283: doc/lispref/searching.texi reference to octal code `0377' correct? Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 21:51:16 +0300 Message-ID: <834ohnucpn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83vda9md09.fsf@gnu.org> <83sk5cmr8k.fsf@gnu.org> <83sk5btdcu.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1275332465 22984 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2010 19:01:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 19:01:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6283@debbugs.gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 31 21:01:03 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJAEO-00016e-Ri for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 21:01:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59533 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OJAEO-0003XK-0z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:01:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43977 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OJABB-0000mm-I1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJABA-0005n8-Ct for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:41 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47331) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJABA-0005n4-AF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJA5i-0006gw-8T; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:52:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 18:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6283 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6283-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6283.127533188225712 (code B ref 6283); Mon, 31 May 2010 18:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6283) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 May 2010 18:51:22 +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 1OJA53-0006gf-WB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJA52-0006gY-Hv for 6283@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L3A00C00S1DWX00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 6283@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 21:51:17 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.62.239]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L3A00889SDCWO90@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Mon, 31 May 2010 21:51:13 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:52:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:37454 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 10:45:59 -0400 > From: MON KEY > Cc: 6283@debbugs.gnu.org > > Noticed this morning the following section of the manual which > references hex values in radian notation: > > ,---- (info "(elisp)Coding Systems") > | > | The result of encoding, and the input to decoding, are not ordinary > | text. They logically consist of a series of byte values; that is, a > | series of ASCII and eight-bit characters. In unibyte buffers and > | strings, these characters have codes in the range 0 through #xFF > | (255). In a multibyte buffer or string, eight-bit characters have > | character codes higher than #xFF (*note Text Representations::), but > | Emacs transparently converts them to their single-byte values when you > | encode or decode such text. > | > `---- > > This is, I believe an example of contradictory convention in the manual. Please be more specific, because I don't see any contradictions here. Overloaded terminology, maybe, but not contradictions.