From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3568: 23.0.94; no doc for character composition Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:18:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: < <87potadfe9.fsf@gnus.org>> <<623906f5-d8d6-416b-b435-7f3b0f44944a@default>> <<83mvoeyfpx.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461791964 17966 80.91.229.3 (27 Apr 2016 21:19:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:19:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3568@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 27 23:19:11 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1avWrV-0000qJ-To for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:19:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45496 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avWrV-00050F-Cv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avWrS-0004yg-Qu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:19:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avWrO-00086j-Q6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:19:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38481) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avWrO-00086f-Mu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avWrO-0003M3-G7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 3568 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3568-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B3568.146179191312861 (code B ref 3568); Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3568) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Apr 2016 21:18:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50818 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avWqv-0003LN-1f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:18:33 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:33318) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avWqt-0003L8-9j for 3568@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3RLIPMb012034 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:18:25 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3RLIOno024506 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:18:24 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3RLILxH007729; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:18:23 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83mvoeyfpx.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] 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: 208.118.235.43 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:116987 Archived-At: > > No. `compose-region' already had that doc string when the bug was > > reported. That doc string has been around since at least Emacs 22. >=20 > Then I don't understand what else do you want to know about > compose-region and character composition in general. >=20 > > I would expect some conceptual explanation of character composition > > in the Elisp manual. >=20 > Please start by explaining what is missing from the doc string of > compose-region, because otherwise it is impossible to translate your > expectation to any concrete text. >=20 > The example you gave in the bug report is not about character > composition, it's about font-lock. So maybe that is what you need to > be explained. However, the bug report says "character composition", > so until you agree it's about something else, "character composition" > it is. >=20 > > Including how to decompose composed chars etc. >=20 > You can't. This question makes no sense. Character composition > converts several characters into one or more glyphs to be displayed; > you cannot "decompose" them, and in any case the result of such > decomposition is known in advance: they are the original characters. >=20 > > What the bug report mentions. I don't think that a doc string for > > one command covers this topic. >=20 > Well, I think it does. You could change my mind by telling what is it > that you miss in that doc string. I'd like an explanation of character composition, in the Elisp manual. If you don't want to add one, or you don't think it is useful for users, so be it. As one user, I know nothing about this. And I still know nothing about it after reading that doc string. FWIW.