From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Display of undisplayable characters: \U01F3A8 instead of diamond Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:30:37 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87edx28cl1.fsf@disroot.org> <83y1v7w6eu.fsf@gnu.org> <83a67iqo1k.fsf@gnu.org> <87k06m55mw.fsf@disroot.org> <2b564d99d3f609d1af75@heytings.org> <87zgfgvpru.fsf@dataswamp.org> <2b564d99d37a50be72cc@heytings.org> <878rn0vnf4.fsf@dataswamp.org> <83h71ool6q.fsf@gnu.org> <2e25ca87e30a22dd28d9@heytings.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25699"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 09 09:33:01 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oWYVY-0006UQ-Tv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:33:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50148 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oWYVW-0001VP-Iz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oWYTL-0000aj-5V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:30:43 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:59754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oWYTI-0005Yr-Fh; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:30:42 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1662708637; bh=96L4l5IIugyQ3fGS6NfNimqb6GU8Ii1J/rsifuzPrU4=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=jYOZc6qWSyjz0zbSq5ePeogEDcTipMkAMBlKQ/qRLalgRTll9RFpd8MEaycUamzlw 6f8zGGfHJea/EIOmVY/L8E/8bRwhxZgK582tkKwnEGRqhSwllTsjMOFDBFxpzdybCy Yd0sfXN9poMHVCEnicycqJlgp9s+9FW0Ysdauhkidi1K98gN3IqeymBWv1/UaNhoRK j0jAFO61Cfu/kBWswoOcS06TzG1S4p2SbsiL25k7CKcuDZFdCBGeG/BTasV/9JxzLY rcnTZL7UexNDBRvd/idIHHmvs7BhNU0tCx6lXM1zWesVGiGHiZflsRR6P4uDqVjXE+ ZRqPuZUq/fc1Q== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:295041 Archived-At: >> I cannot understand why you used so much of your time and energy to >> restore a half-broken behavior (diamonds instead of undisplayable >> characters), when it would not have taken you more than fifteen minutes >> to get a correct behavior (no undisplayable characters anymore, or very >> few undisplayable characters). > > I have to expect that switching to a different kind of terminal will > reveal other problems. > That's unlikely (the only known problem is for users who use a mouse, which you said you don't), but even if that were the case, that's how progress goes: leaving a stable position with known problems to reach a position in which some of these problems are solved, while taking the risk of facing other yet unknown problems.