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From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : forward-sexp
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:14:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pm3rkiwv.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: SJ0PR10MB548813428C0D2D46CF0629CCF311A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com

Drew Adams wrote:

>>> As I said, it all depends on how `forward-sexp' is defined
>>> [...]
>> 
>> Actually the OP is right, we should have everything Lisp
>> work everywhere else as well, and it should always
>> make sense.
>
> Right about what? The notion of a sexp, just like the notion
> of a word, depends on the context. That's a feature, not
> a bug.

Indeed, it would be allowed to do different things based
on context.

-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2023-08-12 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-11 17:23 forward-sexp Andreas Röhler
2023-08-11 17:43 ` [External] : forward-sexp Drew Adams
2023-08-11 17:58   ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-11 19:20   ` Andreas Röhler
2023-08-11 19:47     ` Pierre Rouleau
2023-08-11 20:02       ` Andreas Röhler
2023-08-11 20:07         ` Drew Adams
2023-08-11 20:09           ` Pierre Rouleau
2023-08-11 20:17             ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-11 20:14           ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-12 20:41             ` Drew Adams
2023-08-12 22:23               ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-13 14:02                 ` Pierre Rouleau
2023-08-13 15:42                   ` Drew Adams
2023-08-13 16:45                     ` Pierre Rouleau
2023-08-20  4:08                       ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-20  4:04                     ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-20  3:50                   ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-13 15:08                 ` Drew Adams
2023-08-11 20:23           ` Drew Adams
2023-08-11 20:30             ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-12 20:42               ` Drew Adams
2023-08-12 22:12                 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-13 15:08                   ` Drew Adams
2023-08-12  6:44             ` Andreas Röhler
2023-08-11 20:09         ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-11 20:01     ` Drew Adams
2023-08-11 20:06       ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-12 20:41         ` Drew Adams
2023-08-12 22:14           ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2023-08-13  6:53           ` Andreas Röhler
2023-08-13  6:57             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-13 15:04               ` Drew Adams
2023-08-20  4:48                 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-09  7:22                 ` Andreas Röhler

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