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From: Damien Elmes <emacs-devel@repose.cx>
Subject: Re: ?\_ patch
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 02:13:49 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86lm0sjf82.fsf@mobile.repose.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5xadh8hyxm.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (storm@cua.dk's message of "07 Feb 2003 16:51:01 +0100")

storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> The Lisp manual doesn't refer to C syntax to explain e.g. ?\t.
> So to me, \s and \t are equally self-explanatory.

I agree. I also think that the more verbose you make the "proper" way to go
about it, the more likely people are going to be lazy and just use "? ". Why
introduce a whole new #\ syntax when ?foo is currently widely used to
represent characters?

Regards,
-- 
Damien Elmes

  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-07 15:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-05 20:10 ?\_ patch Edward O'Connor
2003-02-05 23:31 ` Kenichi Handa
2003-02-06  0:44   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-02-06  1:06     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-02-06  1:20       ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-02-06 10:04       ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-06  9:17         ` Miles Bader
2003-02-06 11:48           ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-06 11:37             ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-02-06 17:33             ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-02-07  2:07               ` Miles Bader
2003-02-07  2:53                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-02-07  8:34                   ` Miles Bader
2003-02-07  8:56                     ` Kenichi Handa
2003-02-07 14:17                       ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-07 13:28                         ` Miles Bader
2003-02-07 14:52                           ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-07 14:02                             ` Miles Bader
2003-02-07 14:30                               ` Dmitry Paduchikh
2003-02-07 16:07                                 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-07 15:53                                   ` John Paul Wallington
2003-02-07 16:50                                     ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-07 16:23                                       ` John Paul Wallington
2003-02-08  1:44                                       ` Miles Bader
2003-02-09  2:07                                         ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-10  1:48                                           ` Miles Bader
2003-02-07 16:09                                   ` Dmitry Paduchikh
2003-02-07 15:51                               ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-07 15:13                                 ` Damien Elmes [this message]
2003-02-07 20:20                                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-02-09 12:39                               ` Richard Stallman
2003-02-10 10:47                             ` Andreas Schwab
2003-02-07  9:18             ` Richard Stallman
2003-02-07 10:42               ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-07 11:05                 ` Andreas Schwab
2003-02-10 10:35                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-02-10 12:51                   ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-11 22:25                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-02-12 13:00                       ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-13 10:08                         ` Richard Stallman
2003-02-13 14:19                           ` Kim F. Storm
2003-02-06  1:31     ` Kenichi Handa
2003-02-06 10:40       ` Andreas Schwab

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