From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:32 -0400 Message-ID: <87mzdq7vyy.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <17491.34779.959316.484740@parhasard.net> <87odyfnqcj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <17498.27200.911709.330947@parhasard.net> <877j4z5had.fsf@gmx.de> <87irohfrx1.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147208661 21998 80.91.229.2 (9 May 2006 21:04:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: alkibiades@gmx.de, Eli Zaretskii , handa@m17n.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 09 23:04:18 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdZN4-0005Sb-Dw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 23:03:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdZN4-0007uK-2k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FdZMs-0007u0-67 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FdZMq-0007tT-A7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdZMq-0007tQ-6e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.25] (helo=tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FdZNt-00024k-RT; Tue, 09 May 2006 17:04:45 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.55.147.184]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060509210334.HRZB18394.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Tue, 9 May 2006 17:03:34 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 51287D82FC; Tue, 9 May 2006 17:03:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue, 09 May 2006 16:41:29 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:54147 Archived-At: >> I do not know what those variables mean. Do they affect the >> choice of coding system? Or do they take effect by altering >> the meaning of a given coding system? > They select the target character set. When Emacs decodes text with > Latin or Cyrillic or Greek characters, it could produce either Unicode > charset or one of the ISO 8859 charsets. These variables control > that. > I cannot determine clearly, from your response, the answer to my > questions. Do these variables affect the choice of coding system? Or > do they take effect by altering the meaning of a given coding system? > I think perhaps you are saying it is the latter, but I am not sure. It is the latter (except that they actually affect pretty much all coding systems). > If it is the latter, perhaps the best solution is to say > that every Lisp file should specify these variables, in the -*- > line or local variables list, if they affect it. But currently those settings a global AFAICT. Stefan