From 0a51113397f493a121890ed000cd28b3f4aafa17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 19:49:34 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] 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)
---
doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 12 +++++++-----
1 file 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)
--
2.39.5