From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: skeleton.el _ versus @, a new patch Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:45:56 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200303242005.h2OK57gr013285@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1048554010.20622.66.camel@zircon> <200303311740.h2VHeZNG017518@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1049242082.66437.15.camel@zircon> <200304020020.h320K4de023432@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1049245381.66437.33.camel@zircon> <20030403084549.2a5aca76.occitan@esperanto.org> <200304091626.h39GQlwc000430@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1050020736.419.11.camel@zircon> <200304112359.h3BNxpw5012335@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1050879051.74664.17.camel@zircon> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050972490 11721 80.91.224.249 (22 Apr 2003 00:48:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:48:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 22 02:48:08 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 197lxA-00032t-00 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:48:08 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 197m2B-0008Io-00 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:53:19 +0200 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 197lwn-0003IA-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:47:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 197lwL-0003Aj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 197lw0-0002qE-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:46:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 197lv2-0002Ba-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:45:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 197lv2-0004ME-00; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:45:56 -0400 Original-To: Joe Kelsey In-reply-to: <1050879051.74664.17.camel@zircon> (message from Joe Kelsey on 20 Apr 2003 15:50:52 -0700) Original-cc: dapfy@t-online.de 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:13335 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13335 > Couldn't you get the same result with the old code > by writing @ _? Here is a patch to add - as an alternate skeleton character. - operates exactly as _ in setting skeleton-point, but does not interact with the region wrapping effects. I don't want to say this is a bad idea, but before we consider it, could you possibly tell me the answer to my question? Is @ in the new behavior equivalent to @ _ with the old behavior of @? If not, could someone tell me why not? Perhaps the "region wrapping effects" make them different--if so, that might explain how your answer relates to my question--but I don't know if that is true.