From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 16:49:34 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Add a footnote to Emacs Lisp Intro X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.1~10 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0a51113;p=emacs.git 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) --- 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)