* function arguments
@ 2013-10-25 4:07 Rustom Mody
2013-10-25 4:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
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From: Rustom Mody @ 2013-10-25 4:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
The function make-translation-table shows its help like so:
-----------------------
make-translation-table is a compiled Lisp function in `mule.el'.
(make-translation-table &rest ARGS)
Make a translation table from arguments.
<etc etc>
----------------
However Ive to call it like so
(defvar apl-translation-table
(make-translation-table '((?a . ?α) (?b . ?β) (?c . ?γ) (?d . ?δ) (?e . ?ε))))
and not
(make-translation-table (?a . ?α) (?b . ?β) (?c . ?γ) (?d . ?δ) (?e . ?ε)))
Am I missing something basic??
Rusi
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* Re: function arguments
2013-10-25 4:07 function arguments Rustom Mody
@ 2013-10-25 4:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2013-10-25 5:18 ` Rustom Mody
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Heerdegen @ 2013-10-25 4:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> The function make-translation-table shows its help like so:
>
> -----------------------
> make-translation-table is a compiled Lisp function in `mule.el'.
>
> (make-translation-table &rest ARGS)
>
> Make a translation table from arguments.
> <etc etc>
> ----------------
>
>
> However Ive to call it like so
>
> (defvar apl-translation-table
> (make-translation-table '((?a . ?α) (?b . ?β) (?c . ?γ) (?d . ?δ)
> (?e . ?ε))))
>
> and not
>
> (make-translation-table (?a . ?α) (?b . ?β) (?c . ?γ) (?d . ?δ) (?e . ?ε)))
>
>
> Am I missing something basic??
From the doc:
,----------------------------------------------------------------------
| Each argument is a list of elements of the form (FROM . TO), where FROM
| is a character to be translated to TO.
`----------------------------------------------------------------------
Your first example is valid (with one such argument given), but not
your second (because your arguments are not _lists_ of elements of the
form (FROM . TO)). So, the doc seems to be correct, but you must not
get confused by the list of lists of blah structure ;-)
Regards,
Michael.
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* Re: function arguments
2013-10-25 4:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
@ 2013-10-25 5:18 ` Rustom Mody
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Rustom Mody @ 2013-10-25 5:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Heerdegen; +Cc: emacs-devel
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Michael Heerdegen
<michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> From the doc:
>
> ,----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Each argument is a list of elements of the form (FROM . TO), where FROM
> | is a character to be translated to TO.
> `----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Your first example is valid (with one such argument given), but not
> your second (because your arguments are not _lists_ of elements of the
> form (FROM . TO)). So, the doc seems to be correct, but you must not
> get confused by the list of lists of blah structure ;-)
Ok now I see it (and the nested dolist's in the code).
A little more redundant docs would of course help the idiots like..
yours truly
Rusi
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