From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: (interactive) call or form? Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:46:31 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <86sh84p69k.fsf@zoho.com> References: <87a7uee4oc.fsf@mbork.pl> <86lgdxrbqw.fsf@zoho.com> <86a7udr6vq.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523299705 21708 195.159.176.226 (9 Apr 2018 18:48:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 18:48:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 09 20:48:21 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f5bq1-0005XU-3X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:48:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58959 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5bs6-0002q7-K7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:50:30 -0400 X-Received: by 10.28.96.5 with SMTP id u5mr124462wmb.14.1523299593492; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!69no4311521wms.0!news-out.google.com!k195ni29158wmd.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ey7daRps1n1jd+mMaOEjpw.user.gioia.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:Cjoc+l2kB+yMkToLoGt4qUv6n0E= X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:222301 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116422 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen wrote: >> form" but don't understand "form"? In a way, >> yes, because "special form" sounds like >> something you don't understand, while "form" >> sounds like something you would understand, >> only you don't (probably), so it is >> more confusing. > > These words name different things anyway: the > first one is about the binding of the > function cell of the symbol `interactive', > the other names the whole s-exp "(interactive > ...)". AFAIU the OP wanted a description of > the latter. Say what? :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573