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bug#46089: [External] : Re: bug#46089: 26.3; Doc string of `read-regexp-
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Drew Adams |
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bug#46089: [External] : Re: bug#46089: 26.3; Doc string of `read-regexp-suggestions' |
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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:10:06 +0000 |
> > Return a list of standard suggestions for `read-regexp'.
> > By default, the list includes the tag at point, the last isearch
> regexp,
> > the last isearch string, and the last replacement regexp. `read-
> regexp'
> > appends the list returned by this function to the end of values
> available
> > via M-n.
> >
> > What's "the tag at point"? What does "tag" mean here? I have no
> idea.
>
> I've now added a link to the tags section in the manual.
I suppose I need to take your word for it.
What manual section is that - what node?
`i tag' doesn't find anything except these index entries:
tag on run time stack
qqtag, customization keyword
I can't imagine what either of those has to do with
suggestions for `read-regexp'.
Node `Text from Minibuffer' says this:
− The word or symbol at point.
− The last regexp used in an incremental search.
− The last string used in an incremental search.
− The last string or pattern used in query-replace commands.
Is the first of those, "word or symbol", what the
doc string means by "tag"?
There are these meanings of "tag" in Emacs, AFAIK:
* Org mode tags (user-supplied labels/categories).
* TAGS file tags (places where something is defined).
I can't imagine either of those being something
that's "at point".
A wild, completely naive guess is that the doc
string is misworded, and that "word or symbol"
is what's meant. Or perhaps what's meant is a
word or symbol at point that's got an entry in
the current (or some) TAGS table.