GNU bug report logs - #49214
dabbrev-expand vs. : vs. :

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#49214: closed (Re: bug#49214: dabbrev-expand vs.
 : vs. :)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:44:02 +0000
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Your bug report

#49214: dabbrev-expand vs. : vs. :

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 49214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 49214-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49214: dabbrev-expand vs. : vs. :
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:43:19 +0300
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>  <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:23:23 +0800
> Cc: 49214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Why are wide punctuation any less punctuation than narrow punctuation?

Some wide punctuation characters are treated specially due to their
Word Break properties.  The details are in the comments where we
define text-mode-syntax-table, and in the Unicode Standard Annex 29
referenced from there.  It's just that there was a bug there.

> Sounds like a Euro-centered view of the world.

That's a nasty accusation which has no basis whatsoever.  Please don't
do that again here, ever.

> Why can't all punctuation be treated the same, narrow or wide?

It was a bug, plain and simple.  Now fixed on the master branch.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: dabbrev-expand vs. : vs. :
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:31:34 +0800
Unfair! dabbrev-expand only expands boys names
1. 名:laura <at> nurdsboro.org
2. 名:ralph <at> nurdsboro.org
... when girls are behind wider colons.
Try it:
l M-/
r M-/



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