From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: adding to emacs coding standard / formatting Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:30:44 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20201019031002.iulr45ztrkwsiqlo@E15-2016.optimum.net> <20201020055548.nzw3zoucbsdx2unv@E15-2016.optimum.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7147"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/+ (1036f0e) (2020-10-18) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Boruch Baum Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 20 11:32:02 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kUnzu-0001iP-F2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:32:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58806 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kUnzt-0003p1-HG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:32:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kUnz1-00037k-18 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:31:07 -0400 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:39487) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kUnyy-0004a6-Ph for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.51]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002A0BF2.000000005F8EAE56.00002872; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:31:01 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201020055548.nzw3zoucbsdx2unv@E15-2016.optimum.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/20 03:17:37 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:258175 Archived-At: * Boruch Baum [2020-10-20 09:18]: > On 2020-10-20 01:11, Richard Stallman wrote: > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > > > Also, this is an opportunity to address a pet peeve: I occasionally see > > > code either defining keybindings to lambda functions, or setting lambda > > > functions as elements of function lists (eg. lists of hook functions). > > > I'd like to propose that those uses be banned because of their > > > difficulty to modify. > > > > I think we recommend not doing that. Maybe we should say this also in > > tips.texi. Want to propose a patch? > > For all the many years I've been using emacs and coding in elisp, I have > no idea what tips.texi is or how to access it! I guess that speaks to > another subject discussed on this list: the fragmentation and abundance > of emacs help resources? I guess texinfo file forms this section of Emacs Lisp manual, it is then in that manual. Tips and Conventions * Coding Conventions:: Conventions for clean and robust programs. * Key Binding Conventions:: Which keys should be bound by which programs. * Programming Tips:: Making Emacs code fit smoothly in Emacs. * Compilation Tips:: Making compiled code run fast. * Warning Tips:: Turning off compiler warnings. * Documentation Tips:: Writing readable documentation strings. * Comment Tips:: Conventions for writing comments. * Library Headers:: Standard headers for library packages.