From 5d9eab261fd9706be35cd799494eae4e1de81590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Monnier Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:06:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] etc/NEWS.28: Mention `read-symbol-shorthands` to improve `C-h v` info --- etc/NEWS.28 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS.28 b/etc/NEWS.28 index 924003d8ed6..cf61e762c88 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS.28 +++ b/etc/NEWS.28 @@ -3472,8 +3472,10 @@ symbolic form found in Lisp source that "abbreviates" a symbol's print name. Among other applications, this feature can be used to avoid name clashes and namespace pollution by renaming an entire file's worth of symbols with proper and longer prefixes, without actually -touching the Lisp source. For details, see the Info node "(elisp) -Shorthands". +touching the Lisp source. Instead you need to set the +'read-symbol-shorthands' variable in the file-local section of the file +to list the shorthand prefixes in use. +For details, see the Info node "(elisp) Shorthands". ** New function 'string-search'. This function takes two string parameters and returns the position of