From: Sebastian Tennant <sebyte@smolny.plus.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to use "if" in lisp
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:32:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873av7s3rv.fsf@moley.moleskin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87lk8zgxrx.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu
>>> (if (_the major mode is something_)
>>> (some function)
>>> (another funcion))
>>>
>>> But I don't know how to write down the condition.
This works when evaluated in the scratch buffer:
(if (equal major-mode 'lisp-interaction-mode)
(message "yup")
(message "nope"))
And you could wrap it in a:
(with-current-buffer STRING-OR-FUNCTION-THAT-RETURNS-A-BUFFER-OR-BUFFER-NAME)
form if you like?
Sebastian
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-15 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-15 18:01 how to use "if" in lisp Teng Wang
2007-11-15 18:08 ` Mirko
2007-11-15 18:30 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-11-15 18:37 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-11-15 19:05 ` Teng Wang
2007-11-15 19:16 ` Teng Wang
2007-11-16 1:04 ` Xah Lee
2007-11-16 14:35 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-11-17 1:19 ` Tim X
2007-11-17 4:56 ` Teng Wang
2007-11-15 19:32 ` Sebastian Tennant [this message]
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