From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 06:33:27 +0300 Message-ID: References: <17491.34779.959316.484740@parhasard.net> <87odyfnqcj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <17498.27200.911709.330947@parhasard.net> <877j4z5had.fsf@gmx.de> <87irohfrx1.fsf@gmx.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147232043 21415 80.91.229.2 (10 May 2006 03:34:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 03:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, handa@m17n.org, alkibiades@gmx.de Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 10 05:33:58 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 1FdfSS-0006AP-HE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 05:33:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdfSS-0005jv-2I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 23:33:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FdfSE-0005jT-Rx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 23:33:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FdfSD-0005jG-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 23:33:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdfSD-0005jD-95 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 23:33:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FdfTO-0002jT-LL; Tue, 09 May 2006 23:34:50 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-59-227.inter.net.il [80.230.59.227]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id EDP10017 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 10 May 2006 06:33:23 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 09 May 2006 16:41:29 -0400) 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:54164 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: alkibiades@gmx.de, alkibiades@gmx.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > handa@m17n.org > Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 16:41:29 -0400 > > > I do not know what those variables mean. Do they affect the > > choice of coding system? Or do they take effect by altering > > the meaning of a given coding system? > > They select the target character set. When Emacs decodes text with > Latin or Cyrillic or Greek characters, it could produce either Unicode > charset or one of the ISO 8859 charsets. These variables control > that. > > I cannot determine clearly, from your response, the answer to my > questions. Do these variables affect the choice of coding system? Or > do they take effect by altering the meaning of a given coding system? > > I think perhaps you are saying it is the latter, but I am not sure. It's certainly not the former. I didn't say it's the latter because ``the meaning of a coding system'' is something I cannot define clearly. Instead, I described what is the precise effect of using these variables.