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bug#50760: [External] : Re: bug#50760: 26.3; Add `symbol' to the Emacs m
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#50760: [External] : Re: bug#50760: 26.3; Add `symbol' to the Emacs manul glossary |
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Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:12:12 +0300 |
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:14:11 +0000
> Cc: "50760@debbugs.gnu.org" <50760@debbugs.gnu.org>
>
> There are (at least) two important meanings of "symbol" in Emacs:
>
> 1. The usual Lisp meaning, which is meaningful only in Lisp.
>
> 2. The Elisp meaning of characters with symbol-constituent syntax. And
> perhaps names composed of such chars, possibly combined with chars with other
> syntax, e.g., typically word-constituent.
>
> For example, in programming languages (not only Elisp), we have commands such
> as `forward-symbol'. They move over or otherwise manipulate names composed
> of symbol-constituent chars and sometimes other kinds of chars.
>
> Emacs users deserve to know about these quite different meanings, I think.
> Each such meaning is important to using Emacs.
The meaning of "symbol" for searching is explained in "Symbol Search".