GNU bug report logs - #8935
24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:30:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #51 received at 8935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 8935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:55:00 -0400

>> It has no special effect on special character combinations such as `\['
>> and `\='.  If you really want to say something about escaping `\' as
>> the next character then I suppose you could: "In particular, `\=\'
>> produces `\' in the output.
> This is wrong, because \ by itself has no special meaning, so you don't
> need to precede it by \=.

Actually \ does have a special meaning, which depends on the following
char (just like \ in regexps).  The difference between that and regexps
is that in regexp \<char> turns into just <char> when \<char> has no
special meaning, where it turns into \<char> here.


        Stefan
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