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#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:27:31 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7A4E77E7DAE2436DA3DFE76693103500@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310999538 30743 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2011 14:32:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8935@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 18 16:32:14 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 1Qiori-0007ss-Sh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:32:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33145 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiorh-0003RD-Vq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:32:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53803) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qionp-0002Kb-7w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:28:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qionj-00070P-Ck for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:28:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42541) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qionj-00070L-31 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qioni-0004fN-9u; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:28:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8935 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 8935-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8935.131099926117910 (code B ref 8935); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8935) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jul 2011 14:27:41 +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 1QionM-0004eo-NI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QionK-0004eb-Mk for 8935@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A000186DEED; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:27:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45B71C0008E; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:27:32 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MFjZajFlXqGy; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:27:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hase.home (ppp-88-217-110-34.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.110.34]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:27:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I own seven-eighths of all the artists in downtown Burbank! In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:55:00 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:28:02 -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:49400 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > Actually \ does have a special meaning, which depends on the following > char (just like \ in regexps). The difference between that and regexps > is that in regexp \ turns into just when \ has no > special meaning, where it turns into \ here. If you want a \ in a regexp you must write \\, always. But if you want to have a \ from substitute-command-keys you just write \, and if you want \\= you must write \\=\=. Thus \ by itself is not special here. 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."