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Re: Fix the choked unreality in page Parser State in syntax.texi.
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Fix the choked unreality in page Parser State in syntax.texi. |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:02:10 +0200 |
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:54:23 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
>
> The page Parser State in the Elisp manual gives a choked, vague,
> inadequate impression. The cause is clear - A parser state is exactly
> the return value of parse-partial-sexp, yet that function is not
> mentioned once in the page.
>
> In fact, the page looks censored to avoid mentioning parse-partial-sexp.
> This is ridiculous and harmful.
>
> I therefore propose installing the following documentation patch for
> Emacs 27. It also tidies up one or two untidinesses:
Thanks, this is fine with me, but please wait for someone who knows
syntax-ppss better than I do to agree with the changes.