From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 23.0.60; end-of-sentence and non-breaking space Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:39 -0500 Message-ID: <87y6xv7kmc.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230781674 27621 80.91.229.12 (1 Jan 2009 03:47:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:47:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1726@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rms@gnu.org, 1727@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 01 04:49:04 2009 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 1LIEYR-0001ls-Vy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:49:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47157 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LIEXD-0002H5-4w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LIEX9-0002H0-TA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LIEX7-0002Go-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33597 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LIEX7-0002Gl-Bm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:41 -0500 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:57938) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LIEX5-0001ui-Bb; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:39 -0500 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EB21F57E211; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:39 -0500 (EST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:107495 Archived-At: >From bug#1726 and bug#1727: > forward-sentence does not treat non-breaking space as a space for > purposes of sentence ends. ... > When I type C-x = at a non-breaking space, it tells me that it > has code 160, hex a0. But when I execute (insert "\xa0"), > it inserts something that displays as `\240' and for which C-x = > displays this: > > Char: (4194208, #o17777640, #x3fffa0, raw-byte) point=198 of 211 > (93%) column=5 > > Is that a bug? It seems quite confusing to me. ISTR that there was an extended discussion about classifying non-breaking spaces on this list a while back. But I can't find it now. Does anyone remember the details?