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Re: evaluating numbers


From: Jean-Christophe Helary
Subject: Re: evaluating numbers
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:18:58 +0900


> On Nov 9, 2019, at 16:22, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:

> But I see no reason to continue questioning the default any further.

I'm not questioning the default, I'm trying to understand a feature and it's 
default setting. Apologies if that takes time.

>> If we have a function like (char-after) that is defined as "Return(ing) 
>> character in current buffer at position POS." then it should do that for all 
>> the characters defined in the emacs supported character set, shouldn't it?
> 
> Characters are just integers in Emacs.

I know that. You're not really answering the above question. When people expect 
a character to be returned, they expect a character and not a code point.

How useful is:

(decode-char 'emacs 345)
345 (#o531, #x159)

?

I already know that the code point is 345.

> If you want to suggest a different way of looking for a suitable font, please 
> do.

Maybe not "look for a suitable font" but set a default font for that action. 
There is a finite number of standard fonts on systems that support emacs.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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