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Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:37:22 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux) |
> Yes, yes it does. In this case, it means that the symbol named "symbol"
> (described, as per usual, as SYMBOL in the doc string), which is bound to
> the appropriate argument value when the function is called, has a value
> that is not nil (and, by implication of the symbol's name ("symbol"), is
> some other symbol instead).
I think it's a much better idea to distinguish variables from symbols.
SYMBOL is a variable whose value should be a symbol. Symbols have several
different fields, including a "value" field, a "function" field and
a "property-list" field.
Stefan
- Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/04/11
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Stefan Monnier, 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Luc Teirlinck, 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Davis Herring, 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Davis Herring, 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Andreas Schwab, 2007/04/12
- Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/04/12