From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Misleading single "\" in Emacs Manual Section 25.3 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:50:15 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1423"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 16 10:50:59 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sTdti-0000AW-Op for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:50:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sTdtI-00066c-CI; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:50:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sTdtC-0005pc-Cu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:50:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-43167.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.167]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sTdtA-00074m-3A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:50:25 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1721119820; x=1721379020; bh=C7TPCsITgqz2LfJUO4BqU/9xTRFg64TsBooLesxwm6w=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=uERkCk+w3KxdK3SNAWLg6T+vruUzfT1jKa1VEy6Ax2wS1EbqVfmKVQy2q3JKUbUEa zCsN1as7sEO/fcKepPKDTYN/FqWUxGVbOCwX/yJ4kk2RwnlpA1ZvjPgS3oXZm3Y6NP LMwmPkYPGLzr9X5882mwydB8kXsM+uiahkuErZGzSfDWssGWafD2qzyZPXgdY1vu2K DyNlAZzWiFShO+7kfN6KIS76d4zR2/AJJJ5JtHw6+beumxckSM1WRMNICIxSZDi2Xn I9m/3zStRkpUMISDt+X6qvvw09nrezVFg5gpizyhJZv1XoIU3hKQ9FsDEw9xlBhQwF CJsV67ExV57xw== Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 09403c2f4a4421b34de4e3bfcbc618e037ab0fd8 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.167; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-43167.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147249 Archived-At: The Elisp documentation "25.3 Substituting Key Bindings in Documentation" s= tates that each '\' must be doubled when written in a string in Emacs Lisp.=20 I find this a bit confusing because the section is about writing within the= documentation string. Meaning that the "\" should be doubled. Using "\[COMMAND]" will not work in the documentation. One has to use "\\[= COMMAND]" The commands in the section with a single "\" is misleading.