From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6374: 23.2; manual language fixes Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:30:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276160303 26447 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2010 08:58:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: warrend@Tektronix.com, 6374@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 10 10:58:21 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMdae-0005wi-VB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:58:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37454 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMdae-0007HY-Gj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:58:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52615 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMdaZ-0007HS-4q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMdaX-00030l-UK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:58:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57522) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMdaX-00030a-Sk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:58:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMdAE-0000Yr-BK; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:31:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6374 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6374-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6374.12761586242149 (code B ref 6374); Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6374) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jun 2010 08:30:24 +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 1OMd9c-0000Yc-3c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:30:24 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMd9a-0000YX-KS for 6374@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:30:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMd9X-000721-GO; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:30:19 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:08:35 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:31:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:37648 Archived-At: > Cc: Warren L Dodge , 6374@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:08:35 -0400 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Emacs supports radix values beyond 16, so a-f is not enough. It's > > actually a-z. > > Is the doc-string of read-quoted-char-radix (which is what the manual > section in question is talking about) wrong then? No, it's not wrong. > Legitimate radix values are 8, 10 and 16 > > These are also the only choices allowed when customizing > read-quoted-char-radix. I don't think we should rewrite the manual for a simple extension of the current capabilities, when it is done. The Lisp reader already supports any radix up to 36. So the intentionally vague language in the manual seems fine to me.