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Re: character syntax fixes needed
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: character syntax fixes needed |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:06:09 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> I've never seen guillemets used alone. They always come in pairs in my
>> experience,
> But your experience isn't universal.
I never claimed it is. But unless using string-syntax for those things
breaks more cases (or in more serious ways) than not using string-syntax, it
makes sense to choose the lesser of two evils.
> It's obviously not wide enough to override what Unicode and other
> authorities document.
Their purpose is different. Emacs is largely about making the common-case
convenient (as far as it doesn't make the rare case impossible).
>> so it'd be convenient to be able to use M-C-f and M-C-b to jump
>> over them. Just like the " quote, actually.
> Yes, offhand I can think of four uses of " that aren't as balanced
> quotes, and again Unicode says it has punctuation syntax.
Feel free to share those cases with us, so we can assess them,
Stefan
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, (continued)
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Kenichi Handa, 2005/03/09
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Ralf Angeli, 2005/03/09
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/09
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Kenichi Handa, 2005/03/09
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/10
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Stefan Monnier, 2005/03/10
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Reiner Steib, 2005/03/11
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Miles Bader, 2005/03/11
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/13
- Re: character syntax fixes needed,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/14
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/24
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/24
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Kenichi Handa, 2005/03/11
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/13
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/15
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/24
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/25
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Stefan Monnier, 2005/03/11
- Re: character syntax fixes needed, Dave Love, 2005/03/13