From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3568: 23.0.94; no doc for character composition Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:23:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87potadfe9.fsf@gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461785128 5696 80.91.229.3 (27 Apr 2016 19:25:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:25:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3568@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 27 21:25:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1avV5G-0008Eh-Hk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:25:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44951 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avV5F-0004b5-SC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41373) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avV59-0004SL-Lq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avV54-0007Y8-JW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:25:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avV54-0007Y4-Ge for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:25:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avV54-0007Wc-Bt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 3568 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3568-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B3568.146178504328862 (code B ref 3568); Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3568) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Apr 2016 19:24:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50614 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avV47-0007VS-Hz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:24:03 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:48169) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avV45-0007V2-Ab for 3568@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:24:01 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avV42-0001lP-SR; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:24:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:17:35 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:116964 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > I can find no doc at all regarding character composition, beyond the > cursory explanation given in the Emacs manual, node Input Methods. > > In particular, there is nothing in the Elisp manual about it. No > documentation of functions such as `compose-region' and > `compose-chars'. > > And there is no usage commentary in `composite.el'. > > How does one compose characters using Emacs Lisp? If characters have > been composed, how do you decompose them? Are there any caveats to be > aware of? Users will have such questions. `compose-region' has a very long doc string... And it seems to have been added to after you wrote this bug report. Does it answer your questions now? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no