From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: text-quoting-style Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:08:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87lhcq2hk8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <83r3mn50rz.fsf@gnu.org> <20150828172501.GB4882@acm.fritz.box> <20150829155959.GA20484@acm.fritz.box> <20150830131613.GA2724@acm.fritz.box> <55E3F447.4050005@cs.ucla.edu> <20150831201343.GB2280@acm.fritz.box> <55E4C724.3060108@cs.ucla.edu> <87k2sa45h2.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <55E5D23B.9080909@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441127356 9280 80.91.229.3 (1 Sep 2015 17:09:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 17:09:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 01 19:09:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWp3Z-0005wU-Ok for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:09:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56084 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWp3Z-0000CB-I2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:09:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33129) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWp34-00008z-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:08:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWp33-0005Ie-AN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:08:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49029) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWp32-0005IC-51; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34615 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWp31-0001Vp-Hd; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:08:39 -0400 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0EF4DE327D; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:08:39 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <55E5D23B.9080909@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 1 Sep 2015 09:28:43 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189403 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> HT works fine for copy&paste&search&replace. > > Yes, it =E2=80=9Cworks fine=E2=80=9D, in the sense that we=E2=80=98re use= d to its behavior. > In that behavior, HT does not always stand exactly for itself; quite > the contrary. (Even SP does not do that.) Insisting on philosophical > grounds that every character must always stand exactly for itself > would make Emacs less useful. The curved quotes are not about making Emacs more useful. They are about reading aesthetics, but their effects are not restricted to the read form. --=20 David Kastrup