From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9fqhe5l.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <5f0de05c-33e6-4855-8603-19c0bd0c4c4e@default> <87vb47gkdx.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <3e3ee3f1-41ba-4429-bfdc-c795c62844c0@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1459175249 11897 80.91.229.3 (28 Mar 2016 14:27:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23130@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 28 16:27:15 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1akY8R-0003Qv-6g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:27:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41121 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akY8Q-0005ZM-Hc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:27:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59639) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akY8I-0005Yz-EZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akY8E-0007Ke-Dw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45017) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akY8E-0007KS-BN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:27:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akY8E-0001mr-2I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:27:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23130 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23130-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23130.14591751996840 (code B ref 23130); Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23130) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Mar 2016 14:26:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42144 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akY7q-0001mG-R4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:26:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:43019) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akY7o-0001m7-4m for 23130@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:26:36 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qYbnR0Jc9z3hjQQ; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qYbnQ5vKbzvPsf; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id itD3DUp4Lv4E; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: PoHezFrA8l/vv8uoe/DHjACNAa2UYNT+0Vb+JhgsxhglQPqW+lAccoCMJlFXCzwW Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-16-153.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.16.153]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9AAA32C38EB; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:30 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: "THE LITTLE PINK FLESH SISTERS," I saw them at th' FLUORESCENT BULB MAKERS CONVENTION... In-Reply-To: <3e3ee3f1-41ba-4429-bfdc-c795c62844c0@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 28 Mar 2016 06:21:02 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:115641 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> > The name of the symbol is "foo.", not "foo\.". >> >> Both refer to the same symbol, as does "\foo.". > > Not as `symbol-name' values, they don't. It's showing a symbol, not the result of calling symbol-name on it. > The point is to show the symbol _name_, and to do so in a > way that is clear to anyone. The point is to show a symbol, unambigously. >> > Or better yet, to remove all ambiguity, even for characters >> > such as SPC in the function name, enclose the name in `...': >> >> The name as printed is already unambigous. > > "bar\ is a Lisp function." is not only unclear; it is incorrect. Of course it's incorrect, but describe-function will never generate that. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."