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#13177: 24.3.50; doc of `read-char-by-name' Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:08:39 +0200 Message-ID: <836243mh6g.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4AF22BD1F38E4AF2A650D1F537B47069@us.oracle.com> <8762431shy.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355587808 13746 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2012 16:10:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:10:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13177@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 15 17:10:22 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJh-0003dC-Q4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:10:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50117 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJU-0006BZ-8M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:10:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48043) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJQ-0006AI-E9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:10:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJK-0007Fv-GZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:10:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34009) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJK-0007Fl-Cu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:09:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuKM-0000JK-AL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:11:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:11:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13177 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13177-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13177.13555878241141 (code B ref 13177); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:11:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13177) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2012 16:10:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44258 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJk-0000IL-5z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:10:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:58391) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJi-0000IE-2Y for 13177@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:10:23 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MF200G00XQTI800@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 13177@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:08:40 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MF200GYDY6AI620@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:08:35 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x 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:68572 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:52:51 -0800 > Cc: 13177@debbugs.gnu.org > > > As its docstring says, it also accepts a hexadecimal number > > of Unicode code whose input can't use completion. > > Yes, I know. But the doc string also says that the hex numbers accepted are > those corresponding to Unicode code points. And it mentions hash notation for > numbers, but in that case it does not say that those numbers too must correspond > to Unicode code points. #xNNNNN can also specify 8-bit characters whose codepoints are outside Unicode. I have no idea whether this distinction is relevant to this function, but since it talks about "Unicode code points", people who deal with the documentation need to be aware of this subtlety.