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Re: make-char 'symbol weirdness
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: make-char 'symbol weirdness |
Date: |
Tue, 04 May 2010 19:04:36 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> > a->alpha : (make-char 'symbol 97) ==> 945
>> > b->beta : (make-char 'symbol 98) ==> 946
>> > c->chi ??? (make-char 'symbol 99) ==> 967 ???!!!
>> > d->delta: (make-char 'symbol 100) ==>948
>> >
>> > why??
>>
>> Because gamma, not chi, is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?
>
> yes, but gamma is 947, and chi is 967, so _why_ is c mapped to chi and
> not gamma?!
I guess their Latin/Greek mapping is like KOI8 based on some
phonetic/graphic similarities between Latin/Cyrillic letters.
Someone who sees KOI8 for the first time might wonder and ask
exactly the same question why the order is not alphabetical ;-)
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Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/