From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: evaluating numbers Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:40:12 +0200 Message-ID: <83sgmizekz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <835zjucwbz.fsf@gnu.org> <628A3663-BDD3-47C5-B4F4-E260FD900691@traduction-libre.org> <83o8xla50f.fsf@gnu.org> <8336ex9sow.fsf@gnu.org> <4836980E-C425-466C-BB86-5E962C4B3F96@traduction-libre.org> <83zhgy7qxq.fsf@gnu.org> <83lfsi5z1s.fsf@gnu.org> <83imnm480f.fsf@gnu.org> <834kz52mqx.fsf@gnu.org> <8336ep2m17.fsf@gnu.org> <83tv712ltg.fsf@gnu.org> <83r2252jz2.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="136546"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org, yuri.v.khan@gmail.com, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Robert Pluim Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 20 17:40:27 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iXT1n-000ZPR-26 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:40:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60454 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXT1l-0006Mj-Mh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:40:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46962) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXT1b-0006Ki-LP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:40:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:43675) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXT1a-0008Hq-Kd; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:40:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3435 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iXT1Q-00080U-8F; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:40:05 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Robert Pluim on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:00:16 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242500 Archived-At: > From: Robert Pluim > Cc: jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, > emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, yuri.v.khan@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:00:16 +0100 > > Latest version attached, which produces output like so: > > Char: i (105, #o151, #x69, LATIN SMALL LETTER I) point=1482 of 1715 (86%) <860-1716> column=13 LGTM. > +@vindex what-cursor-show-names > + If the user option @code{what-cursor-show-names} is non-@code{nil}, > +the name of the character is shown as well, so the part in parentheses I'd qualify "the name of the character" somehow, so that people understand where we get the name, and why it is in all-caps. For example: ...the name of the character as defined by the Unicode Character Database... > +** New user option 'what-cursor-show-names'. > +When non-nil, what-cursor-position will show the name of the character ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please quote symbol names in NEWS. > +in addition to the decimal/hex/octal representation. Default nil. ^^ Two spaces. > +Also describe the character after point, and give its character > +code in octal, decimal and hex, plus its name if > +`what-cursor-show-names' is non-nil. I wonder if non-native English speakers will understand that the part after "if" is only about the name. Thanks.