From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11342: 24.1.50; HOOK variable name in `add-hook' etc. confusing Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:03:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87y5pjjurd.fsf@web.de> <878vhjjifr.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335427467 12906 80.91.229.3 (26 Apr 2012 08:04:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:04:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11342@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 10:04:24 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJge-0003S0-Ie for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:04:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52233 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJgd-00049U-Um for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:04:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56529) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJgW-000496-6s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:04:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJgM-0006lc-BT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:04:15 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52429) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJgM-0006lW-85 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:04:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJhG-0003Sp-St for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:05:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:05:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11342 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11342-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11342.133542748613289 (code B ref 11342); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11342) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Apr 2012 08:04:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53463 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJgz-0003SH-B7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:04:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:43719) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNJgv-0003S3-70 for 11342@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:04:42 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3VdW4T3tKtz4KMnF; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:03:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-116-87.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.116.87]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3VdW4T1vqxz4KK3q; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:03:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9D09ECA29F; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:03:36 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I'm wet! I'm wild! In-Reply-To: <878vhjjifr.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:07:33 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:59501 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > The manual sometimes calls these values being symbols "hook", and > sometimes "hook variable". * (elisp) Hooks:: A "hook" is a variable where you can store a function or functions to be called on a particular occasion by an existing program. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."