GNU bug report logs - #19023
24.4; Long pause when evaluating numeric expression

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:19:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 16828, 21131, 23930

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4, 25.0.95

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>
Subject: bug#19023: 24.4; Long pause when evaluating numeric expression
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:25:35 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> But normally when I evaluate a numeric expression, I do not want to
>> see a character—I’m just using M-: as a calculator
>
> But Emacs doesn't (and cannot) know what you want.

I've always thought it rather strange that Emacs tries to display the
character corresponding to the integer value when you M-: stuff.  How
useful is that, really?

In my experience, I've never wanted to know the octal value or the
corresponding Unicode codepoint of the integer.  I have found the hex
value useful, I think, once.

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