From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12270: 24.1.50; (elisp) Syntax Descriptors: "second character, if present" Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:34:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: <326318AAC3364E9BA18F16D23A753C36@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345847735 21261 80.91.229.3 (24 Aug 2012 22:35:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:35:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12270@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 25 00:35:34 2012 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 1T52TS-0006tS-Lp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:35:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42377 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T52TQ-0005Nd-Ua for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57629) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T52TN-0005NR-5t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T52TM-0006wD-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:35:25 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37939) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T52TL-0006vi-Sj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:35:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T52Tx-0004pY-JK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:36:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12270 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12270-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12270.134584774418541 (code B ref 12270); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12270) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Aug 2012 22:35:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47484 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T52Tg-0004oz-1y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:35:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:54019) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T52Tc-0004oq-Np for 12270@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:35:41 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3X3ckX6QW1z4KK35; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:35:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: dsWlGk3IbZUuwBbC4i06auLrtKheKI3WdHYGHtqiOeo= Original-Received: from linux.local (ppp-88-217-97-88.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.97.88]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3X3ckX4rl0zbbg1; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:35:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by linux.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id E05F214E297; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:34:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: .. ich bin in einem dusenjet ins jahr 53 vor chr... ich lande im antiken Rom... einige gladiatoren spielen scrabble... ich rieche PIZZA... In-Reply-To: <326318AAC3364E9BA18F16D23A753C36@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:45:17 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:63466 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > This text does not seem correct to me. At least it seems unclear. > > "The first character in a syntax descriptor must be a syntax class > designator character. The second character, if present, specifies a > matching character (e.g. in Lisp, the matching character for `(' is > `)'); a space specifies that there is no matching character." > > How can the second char be absent if the third char is present? Which third character? Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."