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Re: What is the :eval form ?
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: What is the :eval form ? |
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Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:21:26 -0400 |
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In article <lzvcj1tzqd.wl%philippe.coatmeur@gmail.com>,
Philippe M. Coatmeur <philippe.coatmeur@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ; I'm trying to get some information about this (e?)lisp form
>
> (add-to-list 'global-mode-string
> '(:eval (mail-bug-mode-line-all "2")))
>
> But it appears to be really hard to google for it, as both
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=":eval"
> https://www.google.com/search?q="eval"
>
> Return the same results... (apparently google does not care for
> punctuation)
>
> How can I find information about this special form ? When I ask emacs
> using C-h f with point over it, it acts like google and shows me the
> "plain eval" info page... :(
It's not a special form, it's specific to the way the value of
global-mode-string is interpreted. If you read its documentation,
you'll see that it's used within mode-line-format. If you then read its
documentation, it describes all the special keywords that can be used
within it.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
- What is the :eval form ?, Philippe M . Coatmeur, 2012/06/08
- Re: What is the :eval form ?, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/06/08
- RE: What is the :eval form ?, Drew Adams, 2012/06/08
- Re: What is the :eval form ?, Tassilo Horn, 2012/06/08
- Re: What is the :eval form ?, Tassilo Horn, 2012/06/08
- RE: What is the :eval form ?, Drew Adams, 2012/06/08
- Re: What is the :eval form ?,
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