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Re: Is Emacs becoming Word?
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Greg Novak |
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Re: Is Emacs becoming Word? |
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Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:15:33 -0800 |
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* David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Today when I was editing source code and tried to type pi/2 in a
>> buffer, Emacs replaced it with some special character that appeared
>> as "1/2" as a single character.
> Unlikely. Let me name a few things that might have happened:
> a) you use Leim (C-\) for input of international characters and the
> transliteration for ½ is /2. Leim is not on unless you enable it. It
> should be easy to find an input method that suits your bill better.
> b) you use font-lock-mode in LaTeX and write something like ^2, in
> which case a subscript 2 appears. font-lock-mode is not turned on by
> default. Even if you turn it on, you can remove the script
> highlighting.
None of the above? I've never (intentionally) used Leim, and I didn't
type C-\ before the /2. I had font-lock-mode on, but wasn't in Latex
mode. I was in Python mode, and I typed nothing other than pi/2,
which got translated to "pi(one_half_as_one_character)"
And another thing: when I type " or ', Emacs seems to think that I'm
trying to input a special character. If I type 'a, I get an angstrom
symbol, even though (again) I'm editing python code and I'm just
trying to type a string that starts with a.
>> The other day I was editing Lisp code and found that instead of the
>> usual paren highlighting, Emacs was highlighting the entire enclosed
>> expression.
> I don't get that here. What did you switch on to get it?
This suddenly appeared after updating software, in this case on an OS
X machine. I didn't enable any switch (myself), I just got it.
> But they are rarely on by default.
I'm afraid I have to disagree. All three of the above issues appeared
after version upgrades: the first two on a Linux machine, the last on
an OS X laptop. Maybe there are 3000 new features, and these are the
three that are on by default, in which case I guess you'd be right, in
principle.
Greg
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Re: Is Emacs becoming Word?, David Kastrup, 2005/03/25
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Re: Is Emacs becoming Word?, Olive, 2005/03/28