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| author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2000-09-12 12:51:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2000-09-12 12:51:38 +0000 |
| commit | a2bd77b863ab9d97c02d077d41a2b48235cb2af7 (patch) | |
| tree | 29855733271a212a92b99d25172b501e628e0f9f | |
| parent | e26b2a2881694035e8bd037ac5e6d0c862aa38eb (diff) | |
| download | emacs-a2bd77b863ab9d97c02d077d41a2b48235cb2af7.tar.gz | |
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@@ -1581,6 +1581,9 @@ functionality with aliases for the mldrag functions. * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual, (Display-related features are described in a page of their own below.) +** A `?' can be used in a symbol name without escaping it with a +backslash. + +++ ** Reading from the mini-buffer now reads from standard input if Emacs is running in batch mode. For example, diff --git a/lispref/objects.texi b/lispref/objects.texi index 8904bfba483..f62243ed2ef 100644 --- a/lispref/objects.texi +++ b/lispref/objects.texi @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ are written with letters, digits, and the punctuation characters @samp{-+=*/}. Such names require no special punctuation; the characters of the name suffice as long as the name does not look like a number. (If it does, write a @samp{\} at the beginning of the name to force -interpretation as a symbol.) The characters @samp{_~!@@$%^&:<>@{@}} are +interpretation as a symbol.) The characters @samp{_~!@@$%^&:<>@{@}?} are less often used but also require no special punctuation. Any other characters may be included in a symbol's name by escaping them with a backslash. In contrast to its use in strings, however, a backslash in |