From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 12:49:11 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Improve wording in ELisp manual
X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.1.90~134
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9e9f61866e7;p=emacs.git

Improve wording in ELisp manual

* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Printed Representation): Improve
wording.  Suggested by Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss@outlook.com>.
(Bug# 60639)
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index ad079e0d63a..3cca892826e 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ it does not make sense to enter objects of these types as constants in
 a Lisp program.  These objects are printed in @dfn{hash notation},
 which consists of the characters @samp{#<}, a descriptive string
 (typically the type name followed by the name of the object), and a
-closing @samp{>}.  For example:
+closing @samp{>}.  (This is called ``hash notation'' because it begins
+with the @samp{#} character, known as ``hash'' or ``number sign'').
+For example:
 
 @example
 (current-buffer)