# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 968763098 0
# Node ID b441ceb31859b6dd55b6a2e24b59dc108876b11a
# Parent  5dd0eccb46c55c1a7ef99139a33d343e5f5a2386
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diff -r 5dd0eccb46c5 -r b441ceb31859 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Tue Sep 12 12:49:20 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Tue Sep 12 12:51:38 2000 +0000
@@ -1581,6 +1581,9 @@
 * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual,
 (Display-related features are described in a page of their own below.)
 
+** A `?' can be used in a symbol name without escaping it with a
+backslash.
+
 +++
 ** Reading from the mini-buffer now reads from standard input if Emacs
 is running in batch mode.  For example,
diff -r 5dd0eccb46c5 -r b441ceb31859 lispref/objects.texi
--- a/lispref/objects.texi	Tue Sep 12 12:49:20 2000 +0000
+++ b/lispref/objects.texi	Tue Sep 12 12:51:38 2000 +0000
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 @samp{-+=*/}.  Such names require no special punctuation; the characters
 of the name suffice as long as the name does not look like a number.
 (If it does, write a @samp{\} at the beginning of the name to force
-interpretation as a symbol.)  The characters @samp{_~!@@$%^&:<>@{@}} are
+interpretation as a symbol.)  The characters @samp{_~!@@$%^&:<>@{@}?} are
 less often used but also require no special punctuation.  Any other
 characters may be included in a symbol's name by escaping them with a
 backslash.  In contrast to its use in strings, however, a backslash in