* bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes
@ 2015-11-17 10:51 Artur Malabarba
2015-11-17 10:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2015-11-17 11:15 ` Stephen Leake
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From: Artur Malabarba @ 2015-11-17 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 21939
1. Type ‘unbound-var’ in a docstring.
2. Place point on the ‘v’.
3. Type M-: (variable-at-point t).
You get 0.
Now do the same thing writing `unbound-var' instead. The return value
will be the correct symbol.
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* bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes
2015-11-17 10:51 bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes Artur Malabarba
@ 2015-11-17 10:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2015-11-17 11:15 ` Stephen Leake
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From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2015-11-17 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Artur Malabarba; +Cc: 21939
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 1. Type ‘unbound-var’ in a docstring.
> 2. Place point on the ‘v’.
> 3. Type M-: (variable-at-point t).
Or, more simply,
(read "unbound-var'") => unbound-var
(read "unbound-var’") => unbound-var’
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* bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes
2015-11-17 10:51 bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes Artur Malabarba
2015-11-17 10:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2015-11-17 11:15 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-17 11:51 ` Artur Malabarba
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From: Stephen Leake @ 2015-11-17 11:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Artur Malabarba; +Cc: 21939
Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
> 1. Type ‘unbound-var’ in a docstring.
> 2. Place point on the ‘v’.
> 3. Type M-: (variable-at-point t).
>
> You get 0.
>
> Now do the same thing writing `unbound-var' instead. The return value
> will be the correct symbol.
Since the markup for variables in a docstring is `', not curly quotes, I
don't think this matters.
We were playing with curly quotes in docstrings, but that got rejected
(as far as I recall).
--
-- Stephe
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* bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes
2015-11-17 11:15 ` Stephen Leake
@ 2015-11-17 11:51 ` Artur Malabarba
2021-08-15 13:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Artur Malabarba @ 2015-11-17 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Leake; +Cc: 21939
> Since the markup for variables in a docstring is `', not curly quotes, I
> don't think this matters.
>
> We were playing with curly quotes in docstrings, but that got rejected
> (as far as I recall).
I think it still matters because Help buffers still use curly quotes,
and one might need `variable-at-point' to work inside help buffers.
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* bug#21939: 25.0.50; variable-at-point fails due to curly quotes
2015-11-17 11:51 ` Artur Malabarba
@ 2021-08-15 13:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-08-15 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Artur Malabarba; +Cc: 21939, Stephen Leake
Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>> We were playing with curly quotes in docstrings, but that got rejected
>> (as far as I recall).
>
> I think it still matters because Help buffers still use curly quotes,
> and one might need `variable-at-point' to work inside help buffers.
(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't
resolved at the time.)
`variable-at-point' now works in *Help* recognising ‘’ quoting (it was
fixed a few years back).
As for the other request -- I don't think adding ‘’ in Lisp buffers
would be helpful -- we don't use that syntax in doc strings there, so
I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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