From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:09:03 -0500 Message-ID: <87odlrkn74.fsf@truman.edu> References: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176563361 14699 80.91.229.12 (14 Apr 2007 15:09:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 14 17:09:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HcjsI-0000Sa-Ke for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:09:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcjwg-0007S2-Qs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:13:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcjwc-0007ON-4t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcjwa-0007Ke-5T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:13:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HcjwZ-0007KA-V1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:13:40 -0400 Original-Received: from s3.cableone.net ([24.116.0.229]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HcjsA-0003HM-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:09:06 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain.truman.edu (unverified [24.117.100.184]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 103535967 for multiple; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:09:04 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> (Christian Schlauer's message of "Sat\, 14 Apr 2007 13\:57\:18 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 12, in=10, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.100.184 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:69438 Archived-At: Christian Schlauer writes: ... > This is something I just feel I have to mention before the release, as > it is very confusing, IMHO: `*' binds more strongly than `/' in M-x > calc. ... > Later, I also found it in the Calc manual: ... > I believe (but I do not know) that Calc's behaviour is (too) far from > what `ordinary' people (like me ;-) would expect: ... > I don't know if it is possible to change the current behaviour, I agree with what you've said, and it wouldn't be hard to change the behavior, but, as you say, > The current behaviour was surely chosen for a reason, I'm not sure what the reason was, and I'm not sure the behavior should change without knowing why the unusual behavior was put in place to begin with. Jay