Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-13 Thread nick
Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dan Sugalski writes: : Have you considered allowing Unicode characters as alternatives to some of : the less pleasant looking bits? $foo1 (where and are the double : angle characters) as an alternative to $foo\Q[1] if the user's got the : characters

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-08 Thread David L. Nicol
Johan Vromans wrote: [Quoting Michael G Schwern, on May 6 2001, 22:58, in Re: Apo2: \Q ambigui] Hmmm, maybe you can point out the compose key on my keyboard, I can't find it. ;) Pick whatever you find convenient. I use the right control key. From my .Xmodmap: ! Compose key

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity is too a problem

2001-05-08 Thread David L. Nicol
Larry Wall wrote: The ~~ is a cute hack though. Credit is due to Steve Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] who posted it to funwithperl. ... I'm sorry, my eyes go crossed when I look at that, and the two \Q's merge into one, which confuses me, in a stereoscopic sort of way. I was wrong about \Q\E

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-07 Thread Johan Vromans
[Quoting Michael G Schwern, on May 6 2001, 22:58, in Re: Apo2: \Q ambigui] Hmmm, maybe you can point out the compose key on my keyboard, I can't find it. ;) Pick whatever you find convenient. I use the right control key. From my .Xmodmap: ! Compose key keycode 109 = Multi_key I know

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-06 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:23:18PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I won't tell you what I had to go through just to get those two characters into this message, and they're still only in Latin-1. Compose and an average version of X. Hmmm, maybe you can

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
Richard Proctor writes: : In Apocalypse 2, \Q is being used for two things, and I believe this may be : ambiguious. : : It has the current \Quote meaning admitibly \Q{oute} it is also being : proposed for a null token disambiguate context. As in $foo\Q[bar]. Hmm, yes, that's a problem. I'd

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
Larry Wall writes: : Richard Proctor writes: : : In Apocalypse 2, \Q is being used for two things, and I believe this may be : : ambiguious. : : : : It has the current \Quote meaning admitibly \Q{oute} it is also being : : proposed for a null token disambiguate context. As in $foo\Q[bar]. : :

RE: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Richard Proctor writes: : In Apocalypse 2, \Q is being used for two things, and I : believe this may be ambiguious. : : It has the current \Quote meaning admitibly \Q{oute} it is : also being proposed for a null token disambiguate context. :

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 11:10 AM 5/4/2001 -0700, Larry Wall wrote: Larry Wall writes: : Richard Proctor writes: : : In Apocalypse 2, \Q is being used for two things, and I believe this may be : : ambiguious. : : : : It has the current \Quote meaning admitibly \Q{oute} it is also being : : proposed for a null token

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Simon Cozens
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:05:12PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: Have you considered allowing Unicode characters as alternatives to some of the less pleasant looking bits? $foo1 (where and are the double angle characters) as an alternative to $foo\Q[1] if the user's got the characters

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:11 PM 5/4/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:05:12PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: Have you considered allowing Unicode characters as alternatives to some of the less pleasant looking bits? $foo1 (where and are the double angle characters) as an alternative to

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
Dan Sugalski writes: : Have you considered allowing Unicode characters as alternatives to some of : the less pleasant looking bits? $foo1 (where and are the double : angle characters) as an alternative to $foo\Q[1] if the user's got the : characters handy? Actually, my first thought a year

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity not a problem

2001-05-04 Thread David L. Nicol
Not a problem. \Q means quotemeta, except immediately following a interpolated identifier. You want to start metaquoting immediately after a curious interpolation? use \Q\Q. I have been regularly, since I fingured out how, doing things like print the time is now

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 03:51 PM 5/4/2001 -0700, Larry Wall wrote: Dan Sugalski writes: : Have you considered allowing Unicode characters as alternatives to some of : the less pleasant looking bits? $foo1 (where and are the double : angle characters) as an alternative to $foo\Q[1] if the user's got the : characters

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity not a problem

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
David L. Nicol writes: : Not a problem. \Q means quotemeta, except immediately following : a interpolated identifier. You want to start metaquoting immediately : after a curious interpolation? use \Q\Q. The word except should be a red flag that you're trying to define an exception. We're

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Larry Wall
Dan Sugalski writes: : That's cool. I was just thinking it might not be a bad idea for us to set=20 : some equivalencies up in advance. If not, that's fine too. (I'll just slip= : =20 : them in while you're not looking... :) Hmm. Harks back to the colonial era: I claim these brackets in the

Re: Apo2: \Q ambiguity

2001-05-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 06:40 PM 5/4/2001 -0700, Larry Wall wrote: Dan Sugalski writes: : That's cool. I was just thinking it might not be a bad idea for us to : set some equivalencies up in advance. If not, that's fine too. (I'll just : slip them in while you're not looking... :) Hmm. Harks back to the colonial