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[203.217.76.188]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id xn8sm15816614pab.15.2016.03.05.21.58.52 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 05 Mar 2016 21:58:53 -0800 (PST) From: Alexis To: Zephyr Pellerin Subject: Re: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root References: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.3 In-reply-to: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:58:49 +1100 Message-ID: <8737s4xi3q.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22919 Cc: 22919@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Whilst i like the aesthetics of using the actual square root=20 symbol rather than 'V', i use character sets and fonts that make this=20 character available. Not everyone does, however, and this change=20 would result in those people getting something like the equivalent of the Unicode=20 REPLACEMENT CHARACTER, =EF=BF=BD (0xFFFD), or a blank space. So i would=20 like to suggest this patch not be applied without also either=20 adding a way to customise which character gets used as the square=20 root symbol, or logic to only display a square root glyph when=20 it's certain it's available. Alexis. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Mar 07 11:46:37 2016 Received: (at 22919) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Mar 2016 16:46:37 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38286 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1acyIn-000691-8V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:37 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42617) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1acyIl-00068o-JU for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acyIf-0007GS-If for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:30 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47457) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acyId-0007Fw-6r; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:27 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1acyIb-0003fL-Ij; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:25 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Alexis Subject: Re: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root References: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> <8737s4xi3q.fsf@gmail.com> X-Spook: Indigo Reyosa explosive NOC nitrate Al Qaeda in the X-Ran: qbB"39PoY@H (Alexis's message of "Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:58:49 +1100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22919 Cc: Zephyr Pellerin , 22919@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Alexis wrote: > to suggest this patch not be applied without also either adding a way > to customise which character gets used as the square root symbol, or > logic to only display a square root glyph when it's certain it's > available. See eg ruler-mode-fill-column-char and how it uses char-displayable-p. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Mar 07 12:22:49 2016 Received: (at 22919) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Mar 2016 17:22:49 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38323 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1acyrp-000702-5j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:22:49 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53080) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1acyrn-0006zp-TT for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:22:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acyrd-0007ta-OR for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:22:42 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48272) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acyrd-0007tW-LA; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:22:37 -0500 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1354 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1acyrb-0004jQ-Qg; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:22:36 -0500 Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:22:41 +0200 Message-Id: <83r3fmtd7i.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Glenn Morris In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:25 -0500) Subject: Re: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root References: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> <8737s4xi3q.fsf@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22919 Cc: 22919@debbugs.gnu.org, zephyr.pellerin@gmail.com, flexibeast@gmail.com X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:25 -0500 > Cc: Zephyr Pellerin , 22919@debbugs.gnu.org > > Alexis wrote: > > > to suggest this patch not be applied without also either adding a way > > to customise which character gets used as the square root symbol, or > > logic to only display a square root glyph when it's certain it's > > available. > > See eg ruler-mode-fill-column-char and how it uses char-displayable-p. That might not work well on a TTY, though. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 08 02:22:59 2016 Received: (at 22919) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2016 07:22:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38575 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adByt-0001YM-6y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:59 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37088) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adByq-0001YA-TZ for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adByi-0002Oh-1z for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:51 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33164) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adBye-0002Mn-HX; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:44 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1adByZ-00076l-Py; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:39 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root References: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> <8737s4xi3q.fsf@gmail.com> <83r3fmtd7i.fsf@gnu.org> X-Spook: Nazi National laboratory Saudi Arabia Power North Korea X-Ran: qxHcg/Jn'@E:GhCIo":~*S9l)%y%9hGNF|{ya{0.-d(eyq*76TTHIvKm*Ae+^D4tF=6L2- X-Hue: red X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <83r3fmtd7i.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:22:41 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22919 Cc: 22919@debbugs.gnu.org, zephyr.pellerin@gmail.com, flexibeast@gmail.com X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> See eg ruler-mode-fill-column-char and how it uses char-displayable-p. > > That might not work well on a TTY, though. In the sense that on a tty char-displayable-p may return nil when the answer is actually t? If so, I don't think that matters. Or vice versa? Then just throw in an "(and (display-graphic-p) ..." We're just talking about a default, after all. BTW, there's probably more symbols that square-root that this applies to, so maybe a list of (symbol . character) rather than an individual option for each one? From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 08 11:07:31 2016 Received: (at 22919) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2016 16:07:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39873 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adKAT-00025k-Di for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:07:30 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46777) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adKAO-00025S-EL for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:07:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adKAG-0001Kh-LX for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:07:19 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adKAG-0001Kd-IE; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:07:16 -0500 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2712 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1adKAF-000210-GM; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:07:15 -0500 Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:07:24 +0200 Message-Id: <83fuw1rm0z.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Glenn Morris In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:39 -0500) Subject: Re: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root References: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> <8737s4xi3q.fsf@gmail.com> <83r3fmtd7i.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22919 Cc: 22919@debbugs.gnu.org, zephyr.pellerin@gmail.com, flexibeast@gmail.com X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: flexibeast@gmail.com, zephyr.pellerin@gmail.com, 22919@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:22:39 -0500 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> See eg ruler-mode-fill-column-char and how it uses char-displayable-p. > > > > That might not work well on a TTY, though. > > In the sense that on a tty char-displayable-p may return nil when the > answer is actually t? If so, I don't think that matters. > Or vice versa? The latter. On a TTY, that function can only check whether the terminal encoding supports the character, but it has no way of knowing whether the terminal emulator will find a glyph in its font for the particular character. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 15 12:05:21 2020 Received: (at 22919) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Sep 2020 16:05:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60383 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kIDSL-0000Ln-M5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:05:21 -0400 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:47046) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kIDSI-0000LU-T3 for 22919@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:05:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=UC/rSmlPqwgmKr2r9olT9eN1CB5FXmamytuybKIyGmg=; b=ukYWAbimqKql2Icsi2/HNmx1RL /w8PdMmvUVW2Yr2PUx3R9pTVJkEJSA3VoR+XsTz3kPjb/tepRie4TKh1Bc8+HLlJ/e433rsnDOaBs Am8TCTpp75nCx74mT/Huml9qVTmlUa4WydGliNVxWBu24rPaXUrof5kvy1bnF162eqHg=; Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kIDS0-00026X-Ui; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:05:11 +0200 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen To: Glenn Morris Subject: Re: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root References: <56DB9DCA.1080308@gmail.com> <8737s4xi3q.fsf@gmail.com> X-Now-Playing: Saito Koji's _433-1_: "433_059" Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:04:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:25 -0500") Message-ID: <87d02n58lx.fsf@gnus.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "quimby.gnus.org", has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. 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Content preview: Glenn Morris writes: > Alexis wrote: > >> to suggest this patch not be applied without also either adding a way >> to customise which character gets used as the square root symbol, or >> logic to only display a square roo [...] Content analysis details: (-2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22919 Cc: 22919@debbugs.gnu.org, Zephyr Pellerin , Alexis X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Glenn Morris writes: > Alexis wrote: > >> to suggest this patch not be applied without also either adding a way >> to customise which character gets used as the square root symbol, or >> logic to only display a square root glyph when it's certain it's >> available. > > See eg ruler-mode-fill-column-char and how it uses char-displayable-p. There was then some worry whether that would work on ttys... but I think that's perhaps a too-obscure use case to hinder this change, so I went ahead and applied the patch (with Glenn's suggestions) to Emacs 28. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 15 12:05:26 2020 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Sep 2020 16:05:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60386 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kIDSP-0000M4-U6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:05:26 -0400 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:47062) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kIDSO-0000Lc-FS for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:05:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Subject:From:To:Message-Id:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=V9WMMl7bse4GP6J1A5xP3KcQbDJ8ERBpJlz0JfS6EnA=; b=s9AzkOi5+BPisRPX2jeRZNgExX X1KdcLZyqAK87y0TFk+fsL+TG2I+cp7nIWvej3hzSrwo1xsXK0NxkUGj/AcaXHf2W1O5NfkK0VNDF FkqNB8oXadVB+EOp9gDWPxINW/HXHjsPAf9KgaMNQmXIXRnZi1Q59Kq7Osy2eoS0E0qA=; Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kIDSF-00026p-T8 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:05:18 +0200 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:05:14 +0200 Message-Id: <87bli758lh.fsf@gnus.org> To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Subject: control message for bug #22919 X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "quimby.gnus.org", has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. 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