GNU bug report logs - #59082
28.2; Undocumented `intern-soft` feature with shorthands symbols

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>

Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 20:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

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Message #8 received at 59082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>, João Távora
 <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59082: 28.2;
 Undocumented `intern-soft` feature with shorthands symbols
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:42:41 +0200

> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:16:48 +0000
> 
> after having hard time getting the longhand name of a shorthand symbol
> at point (with regexp and the local value of read-symbol-shorthands) I
> discover it is easy to get this information with:
> 
>     (symbol-name (intern-soft (thing-at-point 'symbol)))
> 
> Is this the right way to get this information and if so is it
> possible to document it?

João, any comments?

Thanks.
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