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bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:38:46 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 18:08:43 +0200
> Cc: 17702@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 05 Jun 2014, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > That's because U+1F541 has "BELL" as its 'name' property, whereas
> > u+0007 has "BELL" as its 'old-name' property. Emacs completion picks
> > only one from these 2 duplicate candidates.
>
> Is there any chance to get this fixed upstream (i.e. to have U+1F514
> renamed in Unicode)?
I wouldn't hold my breath. They've deliberately removed names of the
control characters, as explained clearly in the Unicode Standard. But
you are welcome to ask a question on the Unicode mailing list
unicode@unicode.org.
> Also, if BELL is an "old-name", what is the new name of the U+0007
> character then?
It doesn't have one.
> (describe-char says <control> which doesn't look like a proper name
> at all.)
That was fixed for Emacs v24.4.
> > Perhaps some completion guru could find a way to allow multiple
> > candidates with the same name in this case.
>
> Does this mean that more such duplicates exist?
I don't know; I hope not.
bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character, Stefan Monnier, 2014/06/05
bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character, Drew Adams, 2014/06/05
bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character, Josh, 2014/06/05