From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:02:53 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83630r934x.fsf@gnu.org> <834ogb8txc.fsf@gnu.org> <83y6dn74lv.fsf@gnu.org> <83wrt770rf.fsf@gnu.org> <87ipr5pq35.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310649699 18021 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2011 13:21:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monkey@sandpframing.com, schwab@linux-m68k.org, 6576@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 14 15:21:34 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhLrC-000317-3X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:04:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6576) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2011 13:03:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhLZk-0000RC-70 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:03:36 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhLZX-0000Qa-2K for 6576@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:03:24 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=quimbies.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhLZH-0005Xs-Vm; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:03:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87ipr5pq35.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:02 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEUPDREVCBAPDhOTiXoU AApKLDUaEhcSEBVci6nPAAACU0lEQVQ4jWWTzU/cMBDFR1ZVrhi8OUe++Fx50143yIQrsGtzrUVi rsiH+t/vm3EKSB1pN9L88ubj2aF3GlVtuQxFS5gTcVxR285+j/gZj4raR/5rPFpyXxUfoudGyrX2 p+VDXGez+Itf76wlso6uGocB0JrB5c5ZDiodbAA5CrBVABcSkLUW8OAaiAMob61pKOZ8L6BVEEeO KzkTpzVIj+ND40qtg2ZiFHD0R0xllfSArhYGRsCJWDECsHTz0Qg4i4KnckI27zODCwNO1N7DFhhS 1h1wyLhYxIi3BeBysn2qfUHvNxCfXi84j7EreFHtp3u2edp2BS9oSRHA9vTK1sNE9KyNbHPvyg5+ iqkM3p8Tptp7VNiJVEza5C2VG6Rr7wF06EDvoNvO0YFOb2ZG8yaby+odzFMKAYDdws/9KwVL/DHI uLWSHdnL2+inZGbMFsRdbNBGbGJ38COjFJJyE+XAbieUCiEI4IDCtjrSYQfrugNHVp63vDlAWDpQ ihQTTBU7COEa7o4MlB1VO8DzJxbk8JsLwRLsUS2DhMZmKQCuMlA44lo7MCsDyxncdnuFgYeylTXc r0NZni17xAAmk86HYsJS4tPyC217D2bZDMmEoM9pfsYn45TjmSHJesCNW01MyzPexaj8urP06hO+ WgEvACNKkVzUs/9ZBp2LADRRHZCARReA8sKWWHEK1bZzAtBoXt7EW0tV0BZLmRnEfKNoRzzZIRYd QgnnKV+L3VYOCyBh8TAHKD4Bx5CxOCLGfKKvYeb/wLv8f1sYzAGXq4PvfwFj2/xGAtYVNAAAAABJ RU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: Depeche Mode's _Black Celebration_ X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:schwab@linux-m68k.org::QzdXzCJSqr9/Gml3:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000BgUg X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:monkey@sandpframing.com::hCbeHnuukLNzhoSD:000000000000000000000000000000000000009TTj X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:eliz@gnu.org::eL8/rbqWljCdsZvt:00000QAGR X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:cyd@stupidchicken.com::x5X5owI7FqlzM9eV:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000FNRU X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:6576@debbugs.gnu.org::PiAy9UVyDziT6PQl:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000XD1N X-MailScanner-ID: 1QhLZH-0005Xs-Vm MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1311253384.13164@Ehvis4bbXNVerf7BIL5j/A X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:04:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:48987 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > How bout linking to the `String and Character Basics' node in the Elisp > manual instead? I can do that if you want, but wouldn't it be better just to leave it as -- Return the first character in STRING. A multibyte character is handled correctly. -- If somebody then wonders (and they shouldn't) "hm, what's a character, then?", they probably already know that a manual exists. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/