From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: text-quoting-style Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 08:57:05 +0200 Message-ID: <87mvx5xq9q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83r3mn50rz.fsf@gnu.org> <20150828172501.GB4882@acm.fritz.box> <20150829155959.GA20484@acm.fritz.box> <20150830131613.GA2724@acm.fritz.box> <20150831200149.GA2280@acm.fritz.box> <20150901130303.GC2362@acm.fritz.box> <87r3mhyiru.fsf@gnu.org> <55E638FE.70800@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441177062 17207 80.91.229.3 (2 Sep 2015 06:57:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 06:57:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 02 08:57:33 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 1ZX1z9-00007d-Ko for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 08:57:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34367 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZX1z4-0001Yq-7R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:57:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54127) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZX1yp-0001Yh-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZX1yl-0001JZ-UO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from so1.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.11]:53361) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZX1yl-0001JS-QI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:57:07 -0400 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyIyYmRiOCIsICJlbWFjcy1kZXZlbEBnbnUub3JnIiwgIjI4ODhmOSJd Original-Received: from bzg.fr (fes75-4-78-192-157-63.fbxo.proxad.net [78.192.157.63]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 55e69dc3.7fdd747230f0-in03; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 06:57:07 -0000 (UTC) Original-Received: by bzg.fr (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8C83142BE6; Wed, 2 Sep 2015 08:57:05 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <55E638FE.70800@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 1 Sep 2015 16:47:10 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 198.61.254.11 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:189449 Archived-At: Hi Paul, Paul Eggert writes: > Bastien wrote: >> I see new things like the \= in docstrings. Will it last? > > \= in docstrings has been supported since Emacs 16 was released in > 1985. As the feature has lasted three decades, even the cautious can > rely on it now. Okay, thanks for letting me know. My request was more general: I want to know which recent change about quoting in Emacs will stay, which one is still experimental and/or controversial? If all current changes are set in stone, that's easier, and having a list of those changes will help. Or is it all documented in etc/NEWS? If not all changes are set in stone, then I'm wondering why they do not happen on a dedicated branch. Making controversial changes on the master branch feels pushy to me. Thanks, -- Bastien