Re: how to use "if" in lisp

[Joel J. Adamson]

Teng Wang <twang.umn@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I just began to learn lisp a couple of weeks ago. It is easy to use,
> but sometimes it is really hard to know what variables are in
> lisp. And today I want to write a code doing the function as below:
>
> (if (_the major mode is something_)
>     (some function)
>     (another funcion))
>
> But I don't know how to write down the condition. 

Since major-mode is local to a buffer, your function should be local to
the buffer.

(symbol-value 'major-mode)

gets the major mode, but there may be a simpler way (i.e. a function
specifically for that).  Read up on symbols and plists.

Joel

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