From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' returns error when called with arguments 'number t) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 13:21:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <0a68c2ae-0940-4e2c-8b3c-1faceb45c43c@default> <6d4d9469-5698-d522-ac3d-3f540b1c14b3@easy-emacs.de> <295cccf3-bb80-4cde-bcdb-5137333cc1ed@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478291012 7782 195.159.176.226 (4 Nov 2016 20:23:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 20:23:32 +0000 (UTC) To: Andreas =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= , 21391@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 04 21:23:28 2016 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 1c2l12-0007Vq-RE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:23:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40632 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l15-0005Sv-Om for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:23:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43531) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l0z-0005Sp-ON for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:23:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l0w-0003DZ-98 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:23:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:57939) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l0w-0003DJ-5K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l0v-00065Z-Sf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:23:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 20:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21391 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21391-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21391.147829092523329 (code B ref 21391); Fri, 04 Nov 2016 20:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21391) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Nov 2016 20:22:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45104 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l01-00064C-I3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:22:05 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:36403) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2l00-00063j-DA for 21391@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id uA4KLtWx002041 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 4 Nov 2016 20:21:57 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id uA4KLs7E032274 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 4 Nov 2016 20:21:55 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id uA4KLrO4012417; Fri, 4 Nov 2016 20:21:53 GMT In-Reply-To: <295cccf3-bb80-4cde-bcdb-5137333cc1ed@default> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] 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:125355 Archived-At: > > Is there a need to pick symbols from a buffer as symbols? > > Don't know. My use-case is editing and strings are the suitable > > format. >=20 > Of course there is. And not just symbols, but numbers, lists... Sorry for the confusion. I was thinking of `list-at-point' etc., and not `thing-at-point', which always returns a string (or it should, at least - see my previous msg).