From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50760: [External] : Re: bug#50760: 26.3; Add `symbol' to the Emacs manul glossary Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:12:12 +0300 Message-ID: <83lf3mtscj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r1dfvuw9.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26621"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 50760@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 24 08:13:18 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeSS-0006lQ-Dc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:13:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54818 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeSQ-00043Q-U0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56404) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeSE-00041N-GX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44958) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeSE-0005BC-6U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeSE-0000LS-2c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50760 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50760-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50760.16324639451271 (code B ref 50760); Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50760) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2021 06:12:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56504 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeRd-0000KQ-7C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:12:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39256) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeRb-0000K8-Ri for 50760@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:12:24 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeRV-0004Y2-8Z; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1523 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTeRU-00013U-Rj; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:12:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:14:11 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:215261 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:14:11 +0000 > Cc: "50760@debbugs.gnu.org" <50760@debbugs.gnu.org> > > There are (at least) two important meanings of "symbol" in Emacs: > > 1. The usual Lisp meaning, which is meaningful only in Lisp. > > 2. The Elisp meaning of characters with symbol-constituent syntax. And perhaps names composed of such chars, possibly combined with chars with other syntax, e.g., typically word-constituent. > > For example, in programming languages (not only Elisp), we have commands such as `forward-symbol'. They move over or otherwise manipulate names composed of symbol-constituent chars and sometimes other kinds of chars. > > Emacs users deserve to know about these quite different meanings, I think. Each such meaning is important to using Emacs. The meaning of "symbol" for searching is explained in "Symbol Search".