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envelope-from=dimech@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/01 14:51:29 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] 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:124899 Archived-At: We should include ones that come to our minds would be useful, particularly= those customarily dealt by users=2E Linguistic structures are an example since m= any Emacs users deal with words, sentences, and paragraphs on a daily basis=2E More documentation is more useful than less documentation=2E We can keep = the more exotic things off the list=2E Especially THINGS coming from outer space= =2E=20 > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2020 at 8:27 PM > From: "Eli Zaretskii" > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg > Subject: Re: bounds-of-thing-at-point for paragraphs > > > Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 21:52:32 +0300 > > From: Jean Louis > > Cc: Christopher Dimech , > > Help Gnu Emacs > >=20 > > Return the THING at point=2E > > THING should be a symbol specifying a type of syntactic entity=2E > > Possibilities include =E2=80=98symbol=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98list=E2=80=99= , =E2=80=98sexp=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98defun=E2=80=99, > > =E2=80=98filename=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98url=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98email=E2= =80=99, =E2=80=98uuid=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98word=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98sentence= =E2=80=99, =E2=80=98whitespace=E2=80=99, > > =E2=80=98line=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98number=E2=80=99, and =E2=80=98page=E2= =80=99=2E > >=20 > >=20 > > Could somebody update documentation for those functions? >=20 > The number of "things" it can support is unbounded=2E How would you > suggest to update the doc string to describe an infinite number of > possible objects? >=20 >