From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13177: 24.3.50; doc of `read-char-by-name' Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:08:08 -0800 Message-ID: <9D74DAC118B44C3DAF75A8CFC6AE7FB3@us.oracle.com> References: <4AF22BD1F38E4AF2A650D1F537B47069@us.oracle.com><8762431shy.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355587744 13185 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2012 16:09:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:09:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13177@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Stefan Monnier'" , "'Juri Linkov'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 15 17:09:17 2012 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 1TjuIc-0002sL-Hs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:09:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49962 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuIP-00061s-D4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:09:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47825) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuIM-00061l-Qp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:09:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuIL-000703-Rf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:08:58 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34003) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuIL-0006zx-Nw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:08:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuJN-0000Hf-ML for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:10:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:10:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13177 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13177-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13177.13555877641042 (code B ref 13177); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:10:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13177) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2012 16:09:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44254 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuIl-0000Gl-P7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:09:24 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:27873) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjuIj-0000Ge-TT for 13177@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:09:22 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id qBFG8GUp005591 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:08:17 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBFG8FZM017995 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:08:15 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt120.oracle.com (abhmt120.oracle.com [141.146.116.72]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id qBFG8EXr008540; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:08:15 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/71.202.147.44) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:08:14 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Thread-Index: Ac3a1BJiT/2W31AxQcC4ujrZVYVMXwACfuLA X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68571 Archived-At: > >> Dunno just what the intention was for this function. If it really > >> was to return a recognized Unicode character then this is a product > >> bug and reading should not end until the user enters matching input > >> (or hits `C-g'). > > > As its docstring says, it also accepts a hexadecimal number > > of Unicode code whose input can't use completion. > > That does not preclude using require-match. Yes. The problem for me is that I don't know what the intention (design) was or why. Maybe someone has a good reason to return nil or to return a number that does not correspond to a recognized code point? The design should be clarified (and perhaps decided/changed, if appropriate) before we try to fit the doc to it.