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bug#31683: emacs-lisp-intro.texi - opportunity to link eintr to elisp
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#31683: emacs-lisp-intro.texi - opportunity to link eintr to elisp |
Date: |
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:13:18 +0300 |
> From: Van L <van@scratch.space>
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 23:30:35 +1000
> Cc: 31683-done@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> >> : 8cda6f8f44b (Glenn Morris 2007-09-06 2150) learn how to
> >> read it.@footnote{@code{(quote hello)} is an expansion of
> >
> > I don't think I agree: the relation to expressions is too far-fetched
> > here.
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> 8cda6f8f44b (Glenn Morris 2007-09-06 1151) The printed
> representation of both atoms and lists are called
> 8cda6f8f44b (Glenn Morris 2007-09-06 1152) @dfn{symbolic
> expressions} or, more concisely, @dfn{s-expressions}.
Which is actually related to the second location you mentioned, and
seems to explain enough of what an s-expression is to be
self-contained.
In general, this manual is not an introduction chapter for the ELisp
manual, and never wanted to be. It only includes cross-references to
the ELisp manual where it just mentions some subtlety, but doesn't
describe it. These two places don't seem like they fit.