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#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:23:08 -0700 Message-ID: References: <7A4E77E7DAE2436DA3DFE76693103500@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310754376 6778 80.91.229.12 (15 Jul 2011 18:26:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8935@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen'" , "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 15 20:26:12 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhn5V-0002Rm-QR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:26:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56772 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhn5U-0005fJ-Bq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:26:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58894) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhm7R-000404-Qm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhm7P-00055r-Nj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56802) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhm7P-00055j-GB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhm7O-0002ya-Gd; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8935 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 8935-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8935.131075062111413 (code B ref 8935); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8935) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2011 17:23:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhm72-0002y2-IV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:23:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhm70-0002xn-3H for 8935@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p6FHNSZL015345 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:23:30 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6FHNQVP008628 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:23:27 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt106.oracle.com (abhmt106.oracle.com [141.146.116.58]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p6FHNC9A028116; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:23:15 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.40.132) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:23:12 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcxDDUuq2CUl0w41T2CXGjO+PgfKEwABhp2g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.4E207793.0017:SCFMA922111,ss=1,re=-4.000,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:49199 Archived-At: > > This is wrong, because \ by itself has no special meaning, > > so you don't need to precede it by \=. > > I see. I thought it worked the normal way, in that "\e" would be "e". It does. That is correct. Andreas was wrong in saying it is wrong. What is true is that \ by itself (not followed by [, =, etc.) does not _NEED_ to be escaped. But it is certainly true that \= escapes \, whether it needs to in any given context (e.g. \[) or not (e.g. \ abc). If it escapes a \ that does not need escaping, the effect is a no-op.