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Re: Shift selection using interactive spec
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Juri Linkov |
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Re: Shift selection using interactive spec |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:39:39 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> But an interactive code does not work when a spec is a Lisp expression
>> that is not a string. So just as an interactive Lisp expression should
>> call a special function `shift-translation-handler' explicitly,
>> anonymous functions can call the same function as well (though it is
>> not recommended to use anonymous functions for commands). So both these
>> approaches are on a par in this regard.
>
> Which two approaches are you discussing here?
1. interactive codes
2. properties
>> I think that just as `C-h f' describe-function displays information
>> when the function is advised, we should change `C-h v'
>> describe-variable to display information about attached variable
>> properties as well.
>
> But we are talking right now about _functions_. And it is a mistake to
> consider the property list part of either variable or function: it has
> different scopes and is independent from both variable or function.
Sorry, I meant a symbol's property list for a function, not for a variable.
Property lists are already widely used in Emacs, so there is no reason
to avoid them. They are integral part of Emacs Lisp, and will cause no more
problems.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, (continued)
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/18
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Chong Yidong, 2008/03/18
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/18
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Kim F. Storm, 2008/03/18
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/18
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, M Jared Finder, 2008/03/19
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Johan Bockgård, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/27