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@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ functions. @xref{Documentation Basics}.
@cindex symbolic shorthands
@cindex namespacing
@cindex namespaces
@cindex renamed symbols
The symbol @dfn{shorthands}, sometimes known as ``renamed symbols'', are
The symbol @dfn{shorthands}, sometimes known as @dfn{renamed symbols}, are
symbolic forms found in Lisp source. They're just like regular
symbolic forms, except that when the Lisp reader encounters them, it
produces symbols which have a different and usually longer @dfn{print
@ -791,16 +792,18 @@ comes from another buffer (e.g., the minibuffer), you can use
a symbol in a buffer, you can consider all its possible
shorthand forms with the use of @code{shorthands-of-symbol}.
@cindex longhand form of symbol name
@defun shorthands-to-longhand string
Return the full name (so called ``longhand'' form) of the symbol whose
shorthand is @var{string}. It always returns a string since
Return the full name (so called @dfn{longhand} form) of the symbol whose
shorthand name is @var{string}. It always returns a string;
if there is no use of any shorthand notation in @var{string}, it just
returns @var{string} unchanged.
@end defun
@defun shorthands-of-symbol string-or-symbol
Return the list of all the alternative ways to write this symbol.
The argument can be a symbol or its name, and
Return the list of all the alternative ways to write the name of the
specified symbol.
The argument @var{string-or-symbol} can be a symbol or its name, and
the return value is a list of strings. Note that the return value
includes only the shorthand forms of the argument, not its longhand
form, so it is common and normal for the return value to be @code{nil}.