From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31125: 26; (emacs) `Highlight Interactively' Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:49:39 +0300 Message-ID: <83efjl3cyk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <57ad2ae3-cfe5-4fca-a503-e106658d3e38@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523466116 1652 195.159.176.226 (11 Apr 2018 17:01:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:01:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 31125@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 11 19:01:52 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6J82-0000Er-NT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:01:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41082 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6JA9-0008He-Eo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46475) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iwf-000356-Pt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:50:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iwc-0002nE-J4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:50:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38495) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iwc-0002nA-Fx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iwc-0000qU-8E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:50:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31125 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 31125-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31125.15234653793218 (code B ref 31125); Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31125) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Apr 2018 16:49:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46392 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6IwF-0000pq-H1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:49:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55239) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6IwD-0000pc-FP for 31125@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:49:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iw5-0002Ye-2J for 31125@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:49:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45982) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iw4-0002YV-V5; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:49:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2506 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1f6Iw4-0005nf-Fp; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:49:28 -0400 In-reply-to: <57ad2ae3-cfe5-4fca-a503-e106658d3e38@default> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:145081 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > > In the Emacs manual, `i symbol TAB' shows `Highlight Interactively' as a > place where symbols are mentioned. They are, via > `highlight-symbol-at-point'. This perhaps the only place in the Emacs > manual where symbols are mentioned. No, there's also "symbol search", shown after I type TAB in the above recipe. > 1. It seems (?), by tracking backward through `highlight-symbol-at-point' > and then (thing-at-point 'symbol), that `highlight-symbol-at-point' is > about highlighting Lisp symbols, not text that has characters with > symbol-constituent syntax. If so, it would be helpful for the doc of > `highlight-symbol*' to specifically say "Lisp symbol". No, it isn't only about Lisp. I just tried this command in a buffer whose major mode is C, and it works there as I'd expect. Why did you decide that it was only about Lisp symbols?