bug#50959: 28.0.50; Shorthand symbols are unknown to Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 19:03:43 +0100
> Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>, 50959@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 6:58 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > We are talking at cross-purposes.  You are talking about the
> > underlying mechanism; I'm talking about the user's experience.  From
> > the UX POV, it is unexpected to be unable to get help about a
> > symbol-like thing the user sees in the buffer.
> 
> I'm taking both things into consideration. Does that mean that
> your answer to my questionnaire is 'a.' or "mostly" 'a.'?
> 
>  a. "I wonder what that that 's-thingy' over there is/means or what
>     documentation there is for it.?"
> 
> I'm assuming that since you wrote "sees in the buffer".

Yes.