GNU bug report logs - #64692
Better descriptions of Cons Cells and Dotted Notation with real-life syntax

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 20:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
To: luangruo <at> yahoo.com
Cc: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>, uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>, 64692 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64692: Better descriptions of Cons Cells and Dotted Notation with real-life syntax
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:58:22 +0200




> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:42 AM
> From: "Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> To: "Ihor Radchenko" <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: 64692 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "uzibalqa" <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
> Subject: bug#64692: Better descriptions of Cons Cells and Dotted Notation with real-life syntax
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
> > The problem is for new users who see no need to lookup Emacs Lisp
> > reference.
>
> If they are reading the documentation mentioned in the bug report, they
> are _already_ reading the Lisp reference manual.

Reading it does not mean understanding it !
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