From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:26:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <461D5C8A.3010704@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176406017 949 80.91.229.12 (12 Apr 2007 19:26:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 12 21:26:56 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hc4wZ-0005Oe-Hs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:26:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hc50k-0007Wc-Vr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hc50i-0007VV-Lx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hc50i-0007Ux-9E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hc50i-0007UR-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hc4wV-0007Mk-Of for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:26:51 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406882CF328; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:26:51 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D0DB3FE1; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:26:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 37EF86C25D; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:26:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <461D5C8A.3010704@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu\, 12 Apr 2007 00\:09\:14 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69344 Archived-At: > The doc string for easy-menu-define says that > "If SYMBOL is non-nil, store the menu keymap in the value of symbol, > and define symbol as a function to pop up the menu, with doc as its > doc string." > I looks like it is enough that SYMBOL is just a symbol name (it need not be > interned). I'm not sure I understand: a symbol can be either interned or not. I.e. an uninterned symbol *is a symbol*. OTOH a symbol name is *not* a symbol: it's a string. Stefan