From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS54825 147.75.80.0/22 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Received: from am.mirrors.kernel.org (am.mirrors.kernel.org [147.75.80.249]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1CAB1F44D for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:20:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: dcvr.yhbt.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=manjaro.org header.i=@manjaro.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=2021 header.b=KqxqEqEJ; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from smtp.subspace.kernel.org (wormhole.subspace.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by am.mirrors.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B1631F22CEE for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0ECC12BE8C; Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:19:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=manjaro.org header.i=@manjaro.org header.b="KqxqEqEJ" Received: from mail.manjaro.org (mail.manjaro.org [116.203.91.91]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8BA4168DD for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:19:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.203.91.91 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709673596; cv=none; b=kDRi6LViNYn95H2Y6Ze726jl9mrbTX9oV90CPmLMW4eKEiyr1ptRmGbBgZrJ44bPMrB0Bge+rwCKyy+n9+6w4i+Wc5bcFz4mBAm4JG1CBzSNmQm60rLSTyv1bm/AnoU7YQECP8wO/PUt/IPbLjskvedwDs50XizdEg/60vqNoUs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709673596; c=relaxed/simple; bh=64OLFLxGl5re1hWjRjXvQkB8fnNZsG58ssSljO0Glrw=; h=MIME-Version:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References: Message-ID:Content-Type; b=IoH59aocdKpV2zEMs5U2lp0GY/5jJz22b3e/fYwVtl1lCMtON+MhJj4zyCPv2q/x8mjYX9WOodTSjxkM20jZ5XJW8u39esU+g0SurROjZGfanVU8WW3PvTUAeALqojoqz/9xf5BWvRgN4nrkXiKbrR7yDbXLpUGcEerLeGf/T/k= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=manjaro.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=manjaro.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=manjaro.org header.i=@manjaro.org header.b=KqxqEqEJ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.203.91.91 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=manjaro.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=manjaro.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=manjaro.org; s=2021; t=1709673591; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=iXVe2il9Q99EFpEsozeb/xU4UEgINugMaHlRe1FeNP8=; b=KqxqEqEJICAt7ozkep+Ps1Tl7QpSo7GA1JoPX4yTZUCCywxaRMAwG3I++FmxA8bJLhQcv3 1fu8Fy7T/PJ+IJ/h3gAu36m+Wwr+TFjinACliDwXGansi16z+mFMHYVpNGsbbodB1V3GLk uEHcor4+w2ewHwswGDz4Nh15bavmdukIweKE1HeXHaAooDq3VjO3jWgJMRUhZ3Ien6cRdU giorsYBgTe5Z/ZlHh8pe1KUbAg1ICE+0AhQeJYHi81x7xEwKs2TlgnpDT/dk9bDy+Rpkgr Z+utjF/3nRhF5NwB3VfMfDAQqnZ3lvkQpJRrqyxCfzW32lBFtdE+kcYCdo4QTQ== Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:19:51 +0100 From: Dragan Simic To: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Cc: Manlio Perillo , git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Clarify the meaning of "character" in the documentation In-Reply-To: <6de8764e-9764-4c2b-ac2e-ca5e8480908a@app.fastmail.com> References: <5e10f1e5-b87f-43cd-ac1e-d7c01b7dad21@app.fastmail.com> <52d6850914982ffaf15dda937d611ffb@manjaro.org> <3bef4fef-0a00-4ed8-878e-372c4d8f552d@app.fastmail.com> <1e71ce757c3d773fd7354cd12473b851@manjaro.org> <6de8764e-9764-4c2b-ac2e-ca5e8480908a@app.fastmail.com> Message-ID: <1c2ee0c45053e1b60e8ea64c19b6c292@manjaro.org> X-Sender: dsimic@manjaro.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Authentication-Results: ORIGINATING; auth=pass smtp.auth=dsimic@manjaro.org smtp.mailfrom=dsimic@manjaro.org On 2024-03-05 18:37, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 5, 2024, at 18:20, Dragan Simic wrote: >> On 2024-03-05 17:58, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: >>> Personally I think it’s okay. `%` for example is a good candidate >>> since >>> you seldom use that as a leading character in prose (after a >>> whitespace), and it seems that `%` is often recommended as an >>> alternative. >> >> Isn't '%' actually an ASCII character? > > I wasn’t clear: personally I think the status quo of only allowing > ASCII > characters seems fine given that you can use something like `%` as an > alternative comment char. Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification.