GNU bug report logs - #50760
26.3; Add `symbol' to the Emacs manul glossary

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:59:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.3; Add `symbol' to the Emacs manul glossary
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:41:20 +0000

"Symbol" is used in many places in the Emacs manual, but it's not
defined in the Glossary.  Please consider adding its definition there.

The notion of an Emacs symbol is not obvious from the name.

(emacs) `Symbol Completion' is one node that talks about "symbol names",
without actually saying what's meant.  It's probably clear enough, from
context, but a more definite definition in the Glossary would help.

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19042
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 324 days ago.

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