From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 9ce1d38: Use curved quotes in core elisp diagnostics Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:08:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150816160149.9416.80132@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <55D1043C.3030909@yandex.ru> <55D15899.2070105@cs.ucla.edu> <55D1C9CE.2060407@yandex.ru> <55D20EDF.5070906@cs.ucla.edu> <55D223CA.4080109@yandex.ru> <55D22A1F.8040508@cs.ucla.edu> <55D22CF4.9030608@yandex.ru> <55D2747D.10809@cs.ucla.edu> <55D317A9.6000805@yandex.ru> <55D42210.9070703@cs.ucla.edu> <55D48503.3020406@yandex.ru> <55D50159.2030104@cs.ucla.edu> <55D62B31.3010100@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1440375093 31952 80.91.229.3 (24 Aug 2015 00:11:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 24 02:11:24 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1ZTfMB-0000Tc-QU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:11:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43875 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTfKA-0002eT-PD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:09:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54843) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTfJX-0001xQ-3N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:08:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTfJW-0005gE-8s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:08:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:57040) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTfJR-0005cJ-0r; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:08:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTfJQ-0005uL-0x; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:08:32 -0400 In-reply-to: <55D62B31.3010100@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:32:01 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189095 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Here's what's implemented in master now (either works): > (format "‘add-to-list’ can't use var ‘%s’; use ‘push’ or ‘cl-pushnew’" sym) That's not a feature -- it is just a way you can use the old 'format' function. > (format "%q can't use var %qs; use %qs or %qs" "add-to-list" sym "push" > "cl-pushnew") I see no harm in that feature, but what is the difference between %q and %qs? > Digraphs were proposed, but not implemented: > (format "% can't use var %<%s%>; use % or > %" sym) That seems much cleaner, since it does not require moving fixed parts of the message out of the format string. Does anyone have an objection to this feature? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.