From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: waterloo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3752: 23.0.95; I can not understant a sentence in Intro to Emacs Lisp . 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I still use emacs23.0.95 . 2009/7/5 Glenn Morris > waterloo wrote: > > > --text follows this line-- > > In section 8.5.1 in the manual `Introduction to Emacs Lisp'. I can > > not understant what is `readily settable variable' in second > > paragraph. > > Does the following make it clearer? > > When you specified a variable using the `defvar' special form, you > could distinguish a variable that a user might want to change from > others by typing an asterisk,... > > It should be read in the context of the previous paragraph. > --000e0cd3108aa5e355046debef70 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
yes,it is clearer . thanks

In 11.1.2 An Example:`print-elements-= of-list', I can not understand why there is a `nil' in the context = .

thanks
If I shoud file a new bug for this question?
I still= use emacs23.0.95 .

2009/7/5 Glenn Morris <= rgm@gnu.org>
waterloo wrote:

> --text follows this line--
> In section 8.5.1 in the manual `Introduction to Emacs Lisp'. =A0I = can
> not understant what is `readily settable variable' in second
> paragraph.

Does the following make it clearer?

=A0 When you specified a variable using the `defvar' special form, you=
=A0 could distinguish a variable that a user might want to change from
=A0 others by typing an asterisk,...

It should be read in the context of the previous paragraph.

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