GNU bug report logs - #50959
28.0.50; Shorthand symbols are unknown to Emacs

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Message #14 received at 50959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, 50959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50959: 28.0.50; Shorthand symbols are unknown to Emacs
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 14:09:22 +0300

> From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>,  50959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 12:02:30 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Loading the new sl.el confirmed that Emacs didn't recognise the
> >> shorthand symbols generally.
> >
> > João, if this problem still exists after your changes yesterday, could
> > you please look into it?  TIA.
> 
> It's not after my changes from yesterday, no.  This is by design.  Emacs
> doesn't recognize the shorthands symbols generally (if "generally" is to
> mean "globally") because shorthands _don't_ exist in the global obarray.
> They exist in the buffer.

Would it be possible to see if the current buffer (from which the
minibuffer was entered) has shorthands, and if so, apply them to
minibuffer input?

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