From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18957: 25.0.50; document #: in Elisp manual Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:02:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87twijnnrl.fsf@gnus.org> References: <80a3c571-f8a5-46ba-95e9-7da688383381@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462028625 26327 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 15:03:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18957@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 17:03:34 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 1awWQc-00071D-Ci for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:03:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58694 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWQY-0004Da-4b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:03:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWQP-0003yr-4j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:03:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWQD-0006sL-DG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:03:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWQD-0006rd-AF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:03:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWQ9-00034Q-Ob for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:03:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18957 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18957-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18957.146202853111741 (code B ref 18957); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18957) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 15:02:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57887 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWPK-00033J-SC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:02:11 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:57471) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWPJ-00030c-6B for 18957@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:02:09 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWPG-0003V4-Fr; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:02:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <80a3c571-f8a5-46ba-95e9-7da688383381@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:43:50 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117340 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > `#:' should be documented properly in the Elisp manual. There are just > a few in-passing references to it, which do not explain it. > > The Lisp reader should be documented well, from a user point of view, > with everything affecting it explained - preferably in one place. > > That includes `#<', `#:', `#N=', `#N#', `#@COUNT', `#$', `#.', comments, > number syntax (including non-10 radix), \-escaped newlines and spaces, > hash tables. I think most of these are explained in the sections where the objects they describe appears, but it would be nice to have a section that just describes them all, yes. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no