From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cannot understand Elisp manual node Glyphs Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:43:21 +1300 Message-ID: <17868.16953.833586.655463@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <87y7n9ins4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <864ppxhw0l.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86ejozhkae.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87sldfzobt.fsf@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171014338 12184 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2007 09:45:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:45:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" , drew.adams@oracle.com, miles@gnu.org To: Markus Triska Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 09 10:45:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HFSJu-0002IQ-Lo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:45:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFSJu-00047k-7N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:45:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFSI2-0003yx-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:43:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFSI1-0003yg-I4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:43:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFSI0-0003yY-Fe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:43:33 -0500 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HFSHv-0002H2-JT; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (145.62.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.62.145]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02AA23DA64C; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:43:25 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 5A9374F704; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:43:23 +1300 (NZDT) In-Reply-To: <87sldfzobt.fsf@gmx.at> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.93.9 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66152 Archived-At: > DEFUN ("forward-char", Fforward_char, Sforward_char, 0, 1, "p", > doc: /* Move point right N characters (left if N is negative). > ! On reaching end of buffer, stop and signal error. N nil or omitted is > ! equivalent to N = 1. */) The help buffer says: (forward-char &optional n) Omitted optional arguments default to nil but it might be a good idea to say the default value for N is 1, if this isn't already obvious from its name. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob