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changeset 31561:b441ceb31859
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| author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:51:38 +0000 |
| parents | 5dd0eccb46c5 |
| children | a2d8210661c8 |
| files | etc/NEWS lispref/objects.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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,
--- 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