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 21:49:53 +0300 Message-ID: <836323ucry.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 1275332814 24245 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2010 19:06:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 19:06:54 +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 21:06:52 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 1OJAK3-0003xR-QQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 21:06:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51131 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OJAK2-0000l0-QV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:06:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43982 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OJABB-0000n7-VP 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 1OJAB9-0005mx-TO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:41 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47329) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJAB9-0005mt-Rf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJA4k-0006gI-57; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:51:02 -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 18:51:02 +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=B6283.127533180525662 (code B ref 6283); Mon, 31 May 2010 18:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6283) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 May 2010 18:50:05 +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 1OJA3n-0006fr-IU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJA3j-0006fQ-37 for 6283@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 14:50:00 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L3A00I00SAV7N00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 6283@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 21:49:56 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.62.239]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L3A00AZLSB1CTL0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Mon, 31 May 2010 21:49:50 +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 14:51:02 -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:37455 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 01:35:41 -0400 > From: MON KEY > Cc: 6283@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Again, this part of the manual is not about how Emacs represents > > characters or reads them. It's about their codes. > > This is how I understood this portion of the manual. > Maybe I'm misunderstanding something fundamental about this distinction. A character and its codepoint are not the same thing. If this distinction is not clear, I suggest reading the Unicode Technical Report #17 (http://unicode.org/reports/tr17/). > >> 0377 doesn't have a character that I'm aware of. > > > > In Unicode, it's a codepoint of LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS. > > I don't understand this. I don't know how to express this more clearly. Perhaps you could ask specific questions.