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Re: New Package for GNU ELPA
From: |
Clément Pit--Claudel |
Subject: |
Re: New Package for GNU ELPA |
Date: |
Sun, 22 May 2016 13:06:26 -0400 |
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> ;; Add font lock for both macros.
> (font-lock-add-keywords
> 'emacs-lisp-mode
> '(("(\\(define-hook-helper\\)\\_>[ \t]*\\(\\(?:\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)?"
> (1 font-lock-keyword-face)
> (2 font-lock-constant-face nil t))
> ("(\\(define-mode-hook-helper\\)\\_>[ \t]*\\(\\(?:\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)?"
> (1 font-lock-keyword-face)
> (2 font-lock-constant-face nil t))))
Is there a reason why these two macros aren't highlighted properly by default?
I don't think other packages do this.
On 2016-05-22 12:45, Ian Dunn wrote:
>
> I'd like to offer my new package, hook-helpers
> (https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/hook-helpers-el/), to GNU ELPA.
> I've already filled out copyright paperwork for Emacs.
>
>
>
> Often times, I see people define a function to be used once in a hook. If
> they don’t do this, then it will be an anonymous function. If the anonymous
> function is modified, then the function can’t be removed. With a function
> outside of the |add-hook| call, it looks messy.
>
> The |define-hook-helper| macro is a solution to this. Think of it as an
> anaphoric |add-hook|, but one that can be called many times without risking
> redundant hook functions. It gives a cleaner look and feel to Emacs
> configuration files, and could even be used in actual libraries.
>
> The purpose of this package is to build upon add-hook and remove-hook. When
> you have something like the following:
>
> (defun my/after-init-hook ()
> (set-scroll-bar-mode nil))
>
>
> You’ve got to remember to actually add this to the after-init-hook variable.
> Alternatively, you can use a lambda function:
>
> (add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda () (set-scroll-bar-mode nil)))
>
>
> But then if you want to modify the function, it’s permanently stuck on the
> after-init-hook variable, and you have to deal with it. It’s not a problem
> for after-init-hook, which is used once, but would be a problem for a mode
> hook, like text-mode-hook.
>
> Instead, hook-helpers can do the following:
>
> (define-hook-helper after-init
> (set-scroll-bar-mode nil))
>
>
> Which handles everything for you.
>
>
>
>
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