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Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:04:27 -0400

    +  Emacs provides a syntax for specifying characters by their Unicode code
    +points.  @samp{?\uABCD} 

These are Lisp expressions, right?  So they should use @code, not @samp.

                             will give you an Emacs character that maps to

Please stick to present tense: change "will give you an" to "represents the".

    +text files, Unicode-oriented fonts, etc.) There is a slightly different

You need a period at the end of that sentence.  The period inside the
parentheses does not count for this.

    +syntax for specifying characters with code points above @samp{#xFFFF};
    address@hidden will give you an Emacs character that maps to the code

What is the reason for needing both \u and \U, and the difference?
Why not use a syntax like that of \x?




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