From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: string-strip Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:04:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <449266B2.7030500@easy-emacs.de> <4496E618.8090401@soem.dk> <32964.128.165.123.239.1150741470.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150754868 14745 80.91.229.2 (19 Jun 2006 22:07:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:07:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 20 00:07:46 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FsRuG-0006xW-VE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:07:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FsRuG-00074h-IK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:07:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FsRtV-0006iJ-6M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:06:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FsRtT-0006gr-BG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:06:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FsRtT-0006gm-6S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FsS3r-0005lT-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:17:35 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id D2EEDA50023; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:06:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Andreas Schwab In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:23:13 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:56013 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > "Stuart D. Herring" writes: > >>> 1. Allow newlines in STR. >>> 2. Treat newlines as white space. >> >> Shouldn't it really be up to the syntax table? Or is this supposed to be >> so much in Lisp land that the buffer shouldn't matter? > > The current syntax table is associated with the current buffer, but the > string is not, so it would be confusing make the operation depend on the > current buffer. It would be ok if the function would operate on some > buffer contents. Since there is currently no need for this function, and there is obviously disagreement on what it should do, I suggest that we postpone the issue until after the release. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk