Re: Changes to ELisp manual in revision 106667

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:59:30 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Can you please explain the reason for these changes in the top-level
> > menu?  They look gratuitous to me, but maybe I'm missing something.
> >
> >   -* Libraries: Lisp Libraries.      Creating Lisp programs to run in Emacs.
> >   -* Eval: Lisp Eval.      Executing a single Lisp expression in Emacs.
> >   -* Interaction: Lisp Interaction.  Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer.
> >   +* Lisp Libraries::      How Lisp programs are loaded into Emacs.
> >   +* Lisp Eval::           Executing a single Lisp expression in Emacs.
> >   +* Lisp Interaction::    Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer.
> 
> It seemed not quite right to use the short form, since the rest of the
> items in the menu dealt with stuff like compilation and didn't share a
> common "Lisp" topic prefix.  But it's no big deal.

It's a convenience feature: the user types "m Eval RET" instead of "m
Lisp Eval RET".  This leaves the node names sufficiently non-generic
to prevent collision, and yet does not punish users by causing them to
type more text.