From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: re-search-forward in An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:03:49 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87sf0g74rj.fsf@niceume.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27427"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 26 15:05:24 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rp7QX-0006jn-It for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:05:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rp7Pn-0002am-8m; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:04:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rp7Pa-0002aF-Cz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:04:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4324.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.24]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rp7PY-0003XU-92 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:04:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1711461854; x=1711721054; bh=a4emnH1gIcOFcSBZ3jLLh/PR+CYJmsBeLNQ/jLUJrhk=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=ObkKEbw99YTfCtXwG3NXm0L4LSQwoqtyz7dkWy0DjEcgccZl9GYUTijkwU8lHMUET xcqhgdHjLkI8JkGgtY98Lzur63+Bc7dmt225k/Gm8nvnm3J/IILx3K7+e7T82FtRfi u5iq7SN4+0Vch6NRfdY2Cvk/NSxSveqi6sPa+NyCQ15SMr305xiKwW38Bah2qOGdPD jPiHtECkHdnYY7u2V4glwp23N7bJ9bT9rE42Ms+5ctNWpWxAvZ90cvFmW3b6T7vAht qyKF3hZ02mskIztDy4PfSW9nlp72r4GGTheD/tRKN91vKAbSzZqPc/XOzpPn3bDKRo wsE+JPI44QTEQ== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.24; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4324.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:146176 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 at 1:56 AM, Stefan Monnier via Users list fo= r the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > This function is requently used for point movement, and "An > > Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp" should mention this point > > movement behavior. >=20 > "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp" is an introduction. > Once you've read it and you actually write code, you're expected to > refer to the ELisp manual and the docstrings.- Stefan Moving from "Introduction to Programming" to "ELisp Reference Manual" is a climb too steep. Would help if there was an Abbreviated Guidebook at an intermediate level. Then the task of moving from the Abbreviated Guidebook to the Reference Manual would be reasonable.