GNU bug report logs - #12691
24.1; thing-at-point list of possible symbols

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jerome Truong <jerometruong <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:21:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.1

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 12691 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 12691 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: cyd <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12691: 24.1; thing-at-point list of possible symbols
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:12:26 -0400

Chong Yidong wrote:

> Jerome Truong <jerometruong <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Not a bug, just a suggestion to add `number' to the list of symbols so
>> it's readily know to coders that number-at-point is available.
>
> OK, done.  Thanks.

I don't think he meant quite what you installed, since
(thing-at-point 'number) doesn't work AFAICS.
I think he mean "the function number-at-point also exists".

Cf evalling

(thing-at-point 'number)4 
(number-at-point)4

The former returns nil, the latter `4'.
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