From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#4848: 23.1.50; \u and \x in string Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:31:17 -0500 Message-ID: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org, 4848@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257140860 8404 80.91.229.12 (2 Nov 2009 05:47:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:47:40 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 02 06:47:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N4plK-0000D5-8o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:47:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37610 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4plJ-0000x3-HA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4plD-0000wq-Lk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4pl8-0000wG-3i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33865 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4pl7-0000wD-UV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:17 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:34531) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4pl7-0006SU-Bp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:17 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA25lF28030821; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:47:15 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nA25Z6Fi029169; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:35:06 -0800 Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:35:06 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Richard Stallman Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:35:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 4848 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.125713988028850 (code B ref -1); Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:35:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Nov 2009 05:31:20 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA25VIF7028847 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:31:19 -0800 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1N4pVd-0008CS-LQ; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:31:17 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:22 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32356 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:25156 Archived-At: "\ue1" gives the error "Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape". Why doesn't it work to give the Unicode character รก? Note that \xe1 does not work for this any more. It gives a different character, which displays as \341 and is described as follows by C-x =. Char: \341 (4194273, #o17777741, #x3fffe1, raw-byte) point=442 of 2980 (15%) column=0 That too is confusing, and certainly not documented clearly where \x is explained. Is there any way to specify unicode e1 with \x? In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.4 (mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.12) of 2009-08-11 on theobromine2 configured using `configure 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g -Wno-pointer-sign' 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: RMAIL Edit Minor modes in effect: shell-dirtrack-mode: t diff-auto-refine-mode: t gpm-mouse-mode: t display-battery-mode: t tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: b R TAB RET ESC < C-u C-n C-u C-u C-n C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n C-f 4 b o u t C-_ C-x b o u t - 2 2 RET C-a C-p C-x 4 b R TAB RET C-u ESC x c o m p a r e RET C-x o C-x o C-x b RET C-b C-b C-b C-b | ESC C-x C-x C-s C-x b RET C-x o C-b C-b C-x ESC ESC ESC p ESC p RET C-x o C-x o C-x o C-x C-g C-x 4 b RET C-a ESC f C-f C-@ ESC C-f ESC w ESC : C-y RET C-x o ESC : ( l o o k i n g - a t SPC C-y ) RET C-x o C-e ESC b ESC d 2 4 0 ESC C-x C-x o ESC : ESC p RET C-x = C-x o o C-_ C-x o ESC : ESC p C-e ESC DEL ESC DEL ESC DEL " \ 2 4 0 DEL DEL DEL x a 0 " ) RET C-u C-x = C-\ a ' C-g e C-x = C-f a ' C-b C-x = ESC : ESC p C-e C-b C-b ESC DEL DEL C-\ a ' C-e RET C-x = ESC : ESC p C-e C-b C-b DEL \ 3 4 1 RET C-x = ESC : ESC p C-e C-b C-b DEL DEL DEL x e 1 RET C-x = ESC : ESC p C-e C-b C-b C-b C-b DEL u C-e RET ESC : ESC p C-e C-b C-b C-b C-b ESC u C-e RET ESC : ESC p C-e C-b C-b C-b C-b 0 0 C-e RET ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m a c s SPC b u g RET Recent messages: Char: =e1 (225, #o341, #xe1) point=1382 of 28873 (5%) column=57 t Char: =e1 (225, #o341, #xe1) point=1382 of 28873 (5%) column=57 nil Char: =e1 (225, #o341, #xe1) point=1382 of 28873 (5%) column=57 nil Char: =e1 (225, #o341, #xe1) point=1382 of 28873 (5%) column=57 let: Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape [2 times] t Source file `/home/rms/emacs-cvs/lisp/mail/emacsbug.el' newer than byte-compiled file Load-path shadows: None found.