GNU bug report logs - #4036
23.1; I can not understand a sentence.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:20:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 4036-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: waterloo <waterloo2005 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 4036-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1; I can not understand a sentence.
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:29:30 -0400

> In 2.3.3.1 Basic Char Syntax of Emacs Lisp Reference, I can not
> understant the last sentence in parenthesis.
>
> `\ ' is equal `space'. Why need an extra space after `\ ' to seperate
> it from the following text.

Because spaces are also used to separate Lisp objects.  For such
questions, please send email to help-gnu-emacs rather than bug-gnu-emacs
in the future.  Thanks:

  http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
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