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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-05-24 19:49:34 +0300 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-05-24 19:49:34 +0300 |
commit | 0a51113397f493a121890ed000cd28b3f4aafa17 (patch) | |
tree | f8a99b09588787a4616009322d46d650dbfe3e71 | |
parent | 5eabe4a024cdaf2fb496682b68d19e5b0f3e0c8b (diff) | |
download | emacs-0a51113397f493a121890ed000cd28b3f4aafa17.tar.gz |
Add a footnote to Emacs Lisp Intro
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Run a Program): Describe
the detailed output of integer value evaluation in a footnote, to
prevent confusion. (Bug#31579)
-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index 60811353713..120ddfcade6 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -1302,11 +1302,13 @@ hand parenthesis of the following list and then type @kbd{C-x C-e}: @c use code for the number four, not samp. @noindent -You will see the number @code{4} appear in the echo area. (What -you have just done is evaluate the list. The echo area -is the line at the bottom of the screen that displays or echoes -text.) Now try the same thing with a quoted list: place the cursor -right after the following list and type @kbd{C-x C-e}: +You will see the number @code{4} appear in the echo area@footnote{ +Emacs shows integer values in decimal, in octal and in hex, and also +as a character, but let's ignore this convenience feature for now. +}. (What you have just done is evaluate the list. The echo area is +the line at the bottom of the screen that displays or echoes text.) +Now try the same thing with a quoted list: place the cursor right +after the following list and type @kbd{C-x C-e}: @smallexample '(this is a quoted list) |