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On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 5:31:55 PM UTC+5:30, Philipp Stephani wrote=
:
> Rusi  schrieb am So., 24. Dez. 2017 um 12:50 Uhr:
>=20
> >
> > So my question: When the type says character why does it show as intege=
r?
> >
>=20
> Because characters are integers. See
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Character-Type.=
html
> .

In (info "(elisp)simple types")
we find

=E2=80=98character=E2=80=99
     The value must be a character code.  A character code is actually
     an integer, but this type shows the value by inserting the
     character in the buffer, rather than by showing the number.