From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 31231@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31231: Symbol search broken in NEWS and ChangeLogs
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:31:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wowwuidr.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wowwmn3z.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:16:16 +0300)
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: 31231@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:16:16 +0300
>
> > Emacs itself does, not just in Info. The standalone Info reader (part
> > of the Texinfo package) has a slightly different solution.
>
> Then using the same solution as not just for Info, Emacs will automatically
> substitute ASCII characters for undisplayable Unicode ones in all
> other places like NEWS and ChangeLogs.
You for some reason elided the part where I explained why an
Emacs-only solution is unacceptable.
> > Is "M-s ." the main/only problem?
>
> Not only ‘M-s .’, more so ‘M-s _’ where neither ‘M-s _ C-M-y’
> nor ‘M-s _ C-M-w’ work when used at the beginning of the symbol.
>
> It's a good habit to use symbol search to search symbols because
> it reduces the likelihood of errors, so using it should be
> encouraged in NEWS and ChangeLogs.
I think you are trying to use features that make no sense in
text-based modes. Just because the text mentions symbols quoted in
some way doesn't yet mean that text is like a program source.
Maybe we should have separate (sub)commands for when symbols are
mentioned within human-readable text. Tweaking what a word is due to
this is a too large hammer, IMO.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-25 2:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-21 20:21 bug#31231: Symbol search broken in NEWS and ChangeLogs Juri Linkov
2018-04-22 17:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-22 22:12 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-23 2:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-23 20:16 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-24 2:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-24 3:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-24 19:16 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-25 2:31 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-04-25 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-25 19:38 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-28 20:39 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-26 13:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-04-22 23:34 ` Phil Sainty
2018-04-23 2:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
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