From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31579: emacs-lisp-intro.texi - line 1267 - echo area shows `4 (#o4, #x4, ?\C-d)' and not just `4'. Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 19:52:34 +0300 Message-ID: <83d0xlatd9.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1527180845 11218 195.159.176.226 (24 May 2018 16:54:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 16:54:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 31579-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Van L Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 24 18:54:00 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtV2-0002lL-Ef for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 18:54:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtX7-0001C7-VW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:56:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42645) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtUA-0007I5-Jr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:53:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtU6-0000FX-UE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:53:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38805) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtU6-0000FH-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtU6-0004Bq-L5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:53:02 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 16:53:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 31579 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 31579@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, van@scratch.space Original-Received: via spool by 31579-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D31579.152718075516065 (code D ref 31579); Thu, 24 May 2018 16:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31579-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 May 2018 16:52:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46701 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtTf-0004B3-AX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51468) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtTd-0004Ar-2w for 31579-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtTU-0008A6-QS for 31579-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:52:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38760) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtTU-00089r-KB; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:52:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3968 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fLtTU-0005vo-3D; Thu, 24 May 2018 12:52:24 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Van L on Thu, 24 May 2018 20:38:12 +1000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:146488 Archived-At: > From: Van L > Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 20:38:12 +1000 > > It could say, ``You will see the number @code{4} (and other details in a list) appear in the echo area.'' I preferred to describe the other details in a footnote, so that the text sounds less vague, and thus runs a lower risk of confusing people. (The original text evidently wasn't updated when the display of integer evaluation was changed sometimes during the Emacs 20.x series.) Thanks.