From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Any word in mail-mode is recognized as (thing-at-point 'symbol)
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 12:39:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lemlf9mp.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 135052c52dc9cf59347c5a1fc6744872.support1@rcdrun.com
Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> Dear Drew,
>
> I find that any word I inspect in mail-mode and probably then in other
> modes is detected as (thing-at-point 'symbol) even if it is not
> symbol.
>
> What I expect is that (thing-at-point 'symbol) detects only Emacs Lisp
> defined symbols.
That's not what it does. Whatever you mean by "defined symbol" you have
to check yourself (e.g. using `intern-soft').
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-02 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-02 10:12 Any word in mail-mode is recognized as (thing-at-point 'symbol) Jean Louis
2023-01-02 11:39 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2023-01-02 16:46 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-03 10:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-03 13:17 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-02 17:08 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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