From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: make-char 'symbol weirdness
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 20:38:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mxwfva6k.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r2v1f77704b1005040657j9f8cff26u92db73146f6f3297@mail.gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:57:10 -0400
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> On 5/3/10, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
> > Sam Steingold writes:
> > > GNU Emacs 24.0.50.10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.4)
> > > of 2010-05-03
> > >
> > > a->alpha : (make-char 'symbol 97) ==> 945
> > > b->beta : (make-char 'symbol 98) ==> 946
> > > c->chi ??? (make-char 'symbol 99) ==> 967 ???!!!
> > > d->delta: (make-char 'symbol 100) ==>948
> > >
> > > why??
> >
> > Because gamma, not chi, is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?
>
> yes, but gamma is 947, and chi is 967, so _why_ is c mapped to chi and
> not gamma?!
Hint #1: what is g mapped to?
Hint #2: you _are_ aware that historically, c and g was the same letter?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-04 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-03 21:35 make-char 'symbol weirdness Sam Steingold
2010-05-03 22:53 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-05-04 3:34 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-05-04 13:57 ` Sam Steingold
2010-05-04 14:44 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-05-04 16:04 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-04 17:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2010-05-04 17:55 ` Davis Herring
2010-05-04 19:02 ` James Cloos
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