From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Dimech Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Symbol Properties having global context Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:20:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: <67c408b0-4ae4-41be-a766-413f336f10e8@default> <59ee1af6-86d1-4689-905a-6a4e553e2bf6@default> 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="27796"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Help Gnu Emacs To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 07 00:26:07 2020 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 1km3Pq-000772-VL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:26:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60016 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1km3Pn-0000LZ-G9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:26:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57130) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1km3KJ-0000Kw-Mi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:20:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:47843) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1km3KA-0001P8-Rq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:20:23 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1607296801; bh=3vUrD6CZnp8RnSj9nSS8rvYS+FEWjrepMotIfbgoB/Q=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=lTzlgBglqy+FsD6uNzzP8udhBUuRbJ9hXIAGZjVIDmHF1rZYotPX0kXl0nj5c4iHA uTraeoI7PeJTDxB64HLXLyJYR8xeVJC3Gpre73ApmahuxTfOAKwpmAZqCstWiVXlSc 8QkQBcQBu5ob3bzjaZsqMgaO1b0+FzQv7AKXrK8I= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from [213.165.168.94] ([213.165.168.94]) by web-mail.gmx.net (3c-app-mailcom-bs11.server.lan [172.19.170.179]) (via HTTP); Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:20:01 +0100 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal In-Reply-To: <59ee1af6-86d1-4689-905a-6a4e553e2bf6@default> X-UI-Message-Type: mail X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Zce/ESVemAa/Ydatq1cGebIQgIU7wLXMObdV+lXZV2trRoLik7IQwe2rpuTKF18h5gxVK PJMZ7FFFIVEohmj8vDXskF/8c7XEz3Iohry8gugITcNnjCz7zYdwA9ogGowFMamnpDruo6G5cP5T PTNo2EamWR9EYcSPr7WGOOF9c+IVTpG/1T9aE6fXSobzJkrhv8phRJm/iFukzE1ur/8gjzcsqeXR m5Ov1/fRO2xPsEMi2FkX/JCY8wO/ynCiZ1ZLDUACo/hNapFSEJcHMGMP45Xtf6f+J0HqMcz2CZA/ 8M= X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:rJoL4il8qQE=:YoWUhVTu2MPIRRxR9vAC1W gA1fqGKydAH7IB1D0m5mci2Cbf1p2YvZLFmWu9B2FFIfsUbp9TS1wQvWwIaAGpeKbtmYgXnKJ DXMDaXafSPmCCDDNOoMTzGjovA/1jUtS+Fbm6bvooUNp6ib2yFefSIX3nctUPLvsyLaN5ehDc 5KZ4cEAFQpw4t5dNRABL2DTurVN8+eDpsrpM9yaZ1YMgRAXRnoAm/tdAOO9MLPS/xNuJft0Om u1wPtrlYxL1M0Hj+57D/RNCmj356xAsmJbEaFTpRALW/d+ubRZoxKZk29BK8tUsrjmJpOTw8N wslLZ1kP7TvjPF8GdJXqa37IrHbs8p8rpIhsAszThmE54KEEg8Kp82fMHGXfinIkdTNx3ta7d wd37sYR1NAhPuVla0JXRNAA8vcsu469fITnxrK6BXiTd1UVf/jTNk0L+XdFh4Xex75TBcBOqT tMCUBa4UWEPdn3XNEHACn8jrwoGUJuk8Bfqtx20JLz9UlH7B0aOMQGxSZXcowPzpMHTFr806I MHiENPrL5YZhuc4t6y7q1kwkchZUa/xgVl991G7AOC3Bfm4g4pFXkt5iSAxlPBH5PtQB0SZLB fFVzXcAetIWb4= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.15.15; envelope-from=dimech@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:126121 Archived-At: > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2020 at 12:01 AM > From: "Drew Adams" > To: "Christopher Dimech" > Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" > Subject: RE: RE: Symbol Properties having global context > > > I got to "9.2 Defining Symbols". It only mentions that defvar and > > defconst define a symbol as a global variable. > > > > Could something be written and your comments were very enlightening. > > If you got to 9.2 then you likely passed through 9 and 9.1. > 9.1 tells you about symbol properties, and functions `symbol-name', > `symbol-function', and `symbol-plist'. It also tells you about the > value cell (but it neglects mentioning function `symbol-value'). I was only referring to a comment about symbol properties being global. Perhaps it is said somewhere, but cannot quite locate the place exactly. > 9.3 tells you about obarrays and `symbol-value'. 9.4.1 tells you > about getting and setting symbol properties. And so on. > > `i' in Info is your friend. It has all of these completions for > `symbol' in the Elisp manual: > > symbol > symbol components > symbol equality > symbol evaluation > symbol forms > symbol function indirection > symbol in keymap > symbol name hashing > symbol property > symbol that evaluates to itself > symbol with constant value > symbol, where defined > symbol-file > symbol-function > symbol-name > symbol-plist > symbol-value > symbolic links > symbolic links <1> > symbolp > symbols-consed > > And if you have substring completion there are more than > twice that number of completions of `symbol'. > > Another friend: `M-x apropos'. With input `symbol' it > shows you a ton of relevant user options, other variables, > commands, non-interactive functions, and macros about > symbols. Enter additional keywords for more focus. >