From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Paul Wallington Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ?\_ patch Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:23:03 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87y94sgivs.fsf@china.shootybangbang.com> References: <200302061733.LAA24096@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200302070253.UAA25703@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200302070856.RAA00661@etlken.m17n.org> <5xk7gci39e.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20030207132847.GA5105@gnu.org> <5xfzr0i1nx.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20030207140204.GA6530@gnu.org> <87r8akp3hj.fsf@dvp.imm.uran.ru> <5x65rwhy5d.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <873cn0hyu9.fsf@china.shootybangbang.com> <5x1y2khw6q.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044634655 14033 80.91.224.249 (7 Feb 2003 16:17:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hBC0-0003eA-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 17:17:32 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18hBLc-00065L-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 17:27:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hBDs-00036X-05 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:19:28 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hBDS-0002w7-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:19:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hBD4-0002cb-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:18:38 -0500 Original-Received: from host217-44-221-152.range217-44.btcentralplus.com ([217.44.221.152] helo=china.shootybangbang.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hB8S-00013u-00; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:13:52 -0500 Original-Received: from jpw by china.shootybangbang.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18hBHL-0004Xv-00; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:23:03 +0000 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: <5x1y2khw6q.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (storm@cua.dk's message of "07 Feb 2003 17:50:21 +0100") X-Attribution: jpw X-Face: R(_z-rF:grdKO.*u`n); p.i$Eiz=h^CO5eDYv"4:K@#\HN09*Ykx}}B{kF/KH}%f_o^Wp Original-cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu Original-cc: Dmitry Paduchikh Original-cc: ted@oconnor.cx Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11473 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11473 Kim F. Storm wrote: > > > What is the CL and Scheme syntax for a space character ? > > > > #\Space > > > > So I guess introducing #\SPC for space in emacs would be even more > confusing than ?\s or ?\SPC. CL, Scheme, and other dialects like rep support #\ syntax for chars where you can have symbolic names like space or newline. Maybe emacs lisp could do likewise.