Re: evaluating numbers

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:39:44 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> said:

    Eli> The right way of doing this is "C-u C-x =".  And if we think that this
    Eli> shows way too much info, I'm OK with modifying "C-x =" to show the
    Eli> character name as an optional feature.  These are commands that were
    Eli> specifically designed to describe text; doing that as part of integer
    Eli> evaluation is too general for that.

I like my bikesheds painted in #ff7f00

(what-cursor-position could definitely benefit from some refactoring
of those format strings).

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index e3ac709408..a9d2a152dc 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1389,6 +1389,12 @@ line-number-at-pos
         (forward-line 0)
         (1+ (count-lines start (point)))))))
 
+(defcustom what-cursor-show-names nil
+  "Whether to show character names in `what-cursor-position'."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :version "27.1"
+  :group 'editing-basics)
+
 (defun what-cursor-position (&optional detail)
   "Print info on cursor position (on screen and within buffer).
 Also describe the character after point, and give its character code
@@ -1404,6 +1410,9 @@ what-cursor-position
 in *Help* buffer.  See also the command `describe-char'."
   (interactive "P")
   (let* ((char (following-char))
+         (char-name-fmt (if what-cursor-show-names
+                            (format ", ?\\N{%s}" (get-char-code-property char 
'name))
+                          ""))
         (bidi-fixer
          ;; If the character is one of LRE, LRO, RLE, RLO, it will
          ;; start a directional embedding, which could completely
@@ -1449,7 +1458,7 @@ what-cursor-position
            (setq coding (default-value 'buffer-file-coding-system)))
        (if (eq (char-charset char) 'eight-bit)
            (setq encoding-msg
-                 (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x, raw-byte)" char char char))
+                 (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x%s, raw-byte)" char char char 
char-name-fmt))
          ;; Check if the character is displayed with some `display'
          ;; text property.  In that case, set under-display to the
          ;; buffer substring covered by that property.
@@ -1468,17 +1477,17 @@ what-cursor-position
          (setq encoding-msg
                (if display-prop
                    (if (not (stringp display-prop))
-                       (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x, part of display \"%s\")"
-                               char char char under-display)
-                     (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x, part of display \"%s\"->\"%s\")"
-                             char char char under-display display-prop))
+                       (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x%s, part of display \"%s\")"
+                               char char char char-name-fmt under-display)
+                     (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x%s, part of display 
\"%s\"->\"%s\")"
+                             char char char char-name-fmt under-display 
display-prop))
                  (if encoded
-                     (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x, file %s)"
-                             char char char
+                     (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x%s, file %s)"
+                             char char char char-name-fmt
                              (if (> (length encoded) 1)
                                  "..."
                                (encoded-string-description encoded coding)))
-                   (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x)" char char char)))))
+                   (format "(%d, #o%o, #x%x%s)" char char char 
char-name-fmt)))))
        (if detail
            ;; We show the detailed information about CHAR.
            (describe-char (point)))