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Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point
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Juri Linkov |
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Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point |
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Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:59:18 +0300 |
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>> If the list is enclosed in a string, does it mean this will return the
>> string, not the list? IOW, what will it return in these two cases:
>>
>> (foo "bar baz" quux)
>> "foo (bar baz) guux"
>
> It looks like it prefers the innermost thing, whether it's a list or a
> string. Is that correct? If so, why/when/where is this kind of
> "thing" useful in practice?
It's useful to just click inside either a list or string,
and choose "Select>List" or "Select>String" from the context menu,
and it will select the right thing, either a list when clicked inside list,
or string when clicked inside a string.
- Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Juri Linkov, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Juri Linkov, 2021/09/23
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Juri Linkov, 2021/09/24
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/24
- RE: [External] : Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Drew Adams, 2021/09/24
- RE: [External] : Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Stefan Kangas, 2021/09/24
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Stefan Monnier, 2021/09/24
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Juri Linkov, 2021/09/25
- Re: Confusing doc string of list-or-string at point, Stefan Monnier, 2021/09/27