From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: make-char 'symbol weirdness Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:57:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8739y87329.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1272982162 1260 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2010 14:09:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:09:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 04 16:09:21 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9IlF-00036t-Me for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 16:09:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40026 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O9Il2-00014F-Oo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 10:05:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O9Icc-0006sS-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 09:57:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35294 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O9Ica-0006sH-Uv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 09:57:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9IcZ-0005ZE-Hl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 09:57:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:54844) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9IcZ-0005Z7-1L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 09:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: by gwj16 with SMTP id 16so55748gwj.0 for ; Tue, 04 May 2010 06:57:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=zxr48C51AcHC/9+MPMNI2c3HSj2S4IMIDbR53D23qW4=; b=Q4Eo/Jl7cHpKnWx8eEIneyglAEu0NXEGS0mnr+XSpYUZdXILXLnPFVKnAfaz2ltqaX uVX3kbe//uk5DQob5SADL9k0RUFbxkzB3unKMbTgUJwULY5WsAFvtTEynP0dQOIiIwA0 l+3WKavGpBO+EkLsKgDg24jkgsOwHsVqJKT/A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=f+1pFmAWDKcW06PDfRWdPXRWgzzwEd/qU1fbphMz77UfrLia98HbpB+TFmEvC5T11R WsZGSUGftFN5R4i3KmwRq/PdP5RwchZUA+ZYZrzA0j7m4YhICGZydGJLttdNjnM3WAvh 96FOCmNP503TjaCPr6dzHqwV+sRBoBvQ/D/0Y= Original-Received: by 10.151.129.12 with SMTP id g12mr10004047ybn.147.1272981430139; Tue, 04 May 2010 06:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.206.16 with HTTP; Tue, 4 May 2010 06:57:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8739y87329.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0332a5e938a21a31 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:124507 Archived-At: On 5/3/10, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Sam Steingold writes: > > GNU Emacs 24.0.50.10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.4) > > of 2010-05-03 > > > > a->alpha : (make-char 'symbol 97) ==> 945 > > b->beta : (make-char 'symbol 98) ==> 946 > > c->chi ??? (make-char 'symbol 99) ==> 967 ???!!! > > d->delta: (make-char 'symbol 100) ==>948 > > > > why?? > > Because gamma, not chi, is the third letter of the Greek alphabet? yes, but gamma is 947, and chi is 967, so _why_ is c mapped to chi and not gamma?! -- Sam Steingold