From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:25:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87imrec7oq.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <87sgqhssum.fsf@gmail.com> <87ef21rpe1.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="47539"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 19208@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk, schwab@linux-m68k.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 05 04:26:09 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1huShM-000CFj-Ds for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2019 04:26:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50338 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huShL-0006A2-Gc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52271) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huShH-00069v-OY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1huShG-00073n-PB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53846) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1huShG-00073i-MT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huShG-0001qi-HJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19208 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 19208-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19208.15649719447068 (code B ref 19208); Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19208) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Aug 2019 02:25:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34434 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huSgx-0001pu-Sq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:25:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39834) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1huSgw-0001pe-4G for 19208@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:25:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53997) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1huSgo-0006iv-Up; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:25:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1huSgm-0003s6-IH; Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:25:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87ef21rpe1.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Noam Postavsky on Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:12:06 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:164609 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. ]]] > I think ((120 < height) && (height < 200)) is the closest we can get to > the natural phrasing. That parallels the mathematical expression 120 < h < 200, which is a plus, but doesn't parallel the textual form "height must be between 120 and 200", which is a minus. The way to parallel the latter is (height > 120 && height < 200). I think both of those are ok, but let's avoid other orderings -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)