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: display.texi: (,) isn't documented. Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:53:41 -0500 Message-ID: <87r6oovdve.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20070605231947.GA2058@muc.de> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181174136 32662 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 23:55:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 07 01:55:35 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 1Hw5Lf-0004xu-VZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:55:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hw5LU-00022v-8I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hw5Jz-0000UI-Eb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:53:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hw5Jy-0000Sq-7o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:53:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hw5Jx-0000SW-N8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from s4.cableone.net ([24.116.0.230]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hw5Jx-0000Ib-5t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unverified [24.117.100.184]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 110805955 for multiple; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:53:43 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed\, 06 Jun 2007 12\:59\:23 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 64, in=31, 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:72392 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I'm not sure what's so good about this, since "(561,2)" needs just as > much space as "L561 C2" and seems less consistent. > > I think I thought it would be more natural as a way to state > two-dimensional coordinates. Although the coordinates are backwards from the usual (x,y) coordinates. Jay