From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87myki6fqp.fsf@jurta.org> <87mykhz6tf.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87od4wgg8p.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <86od4vmi5i.fsf@lifelogs.com> <873am6n21q.fsf@jurta.org> <87sku5if8t.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87od4sti4g.fsf@jurta.org> <867ibcekf3.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86tzegcq15.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86bq0nctbv.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216908389 21619 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2008 14:06:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 16:07:18 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KM1SQ-0002O6-FG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:06:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47277 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KM1RW-0003kR-Nm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:05:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KM1QG-0003Jw-SZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:04:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KM1QF-0003Id-8w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46570 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KM1QF-0003IP-32 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50985) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KM1QF-0002fF-0T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-118.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.118]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m6OE3trX029946; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:55 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 305A11C523; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <86bq0nctbv.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:20:04 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3066=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101389 Archived-At: SM> Maybe I misunderstand what you mean by word syntax. SM> Are you referring to something more like partial-completion-mode? > That's close, but it looks for abbreviations rather than categories, and > is nicest when you know the word you want in advance. When you don't, > you still have to walk through the list of candidates. So I indeed do not know what you mean by word syntax. I.e. were do your categories come from? Stefan