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Re: evaluating numbers
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: evaluating numbers |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Nov 2019 19:34:36 +0200 |
> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Cc: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>,
> address@hidden, address@hidden,
> address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:40:42 +0200
>
> > The right way of doing this is "C-u C-x =". And if we think that this
> > shows way too much info, I'm OK with modifying "C-x =" to show the
> > character name as an optional feature. These are commands that were
> > specifically designed to describe text; doing that as part of integer
> > evaluation is too general for that.
>
> There are other cases where displaying Unicode names might be needed
> in the echo area, e.g. sometimes using query-replace to strip accents
> messes the prompt with combining accent characters stacked on each other
> that enlarges the minibuffer window:
>
> Query replace regexp (default [́̀̂] → ):
This is a bug in the command that issues the prompt: it should
insulate the combining characters so that they don't combine with the
brackets. But that might be a separate issue.
> Wouldn't such prompt be more readable?
>
> Query replace regexp (default [?\N{COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT}] → ):
The original prompt had 3 characters, but in the latter you show only
one. How is this the same? And even one character takes a lot of
screen estate, so imagine how it will look with 3. Doesn't sound like
a good idea.
Though we might provide a separate feature: a minor mode whereby
hovering the mouse over a character shows its name in a tooltip. But
using the minibuffer for that is not something I like.
- Re: evaluating numbers, (continued)
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- Re: evaluating numbers, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/15
- Re: evaluating numbers, Robert Pluim, 2019/11/15
- Re: evaluating numbers, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/15
- Re: evaluating numbers, Juri Linkov, 2019/11/16
- Re: evaluating numbers,
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- Re: evaluating numbers, Stefan Monnier, 2019/11/09
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