From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: DWIM region (was: Re: count regexp hits) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 06:28:35 +0100 Message-ID: <874lnvha7w.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <86shbmcldx.fsf@zoho.com> <86d12pcvgj.fsf@zoho.com> <86d12pb988.fsf_-_@zoho.com> <86a7xqupz0.fsf@zoho.com> <86h8rxtmj3.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515475647 25913 195.159.176.226 (9 Jan 2018 05:27:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 05:27:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 27.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 09 06:27:22 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 1eYmRS-0006Am-OM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 06:27:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56705 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYmTR-0003xO-T2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:29:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56300) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYmSv-0003x8-Ut for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:28:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYmSr-0005ya-TX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:28:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:51970) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYmSr-0005wz-Lb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:28:45 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F58E669D; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 06:28:41 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EfVQL7RY5BIH; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 06:28:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (static-dwadziewiec-jedenpiec7.echostar.pl [109.232.29.157]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B1937E6538; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 06:28:38 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <86h8rxtmj3.fsf@zoho.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 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:115626 Archived-At: On 2018-01-07, at 21:57, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Marcin Borkowski wrote: > >> 1. Lack of space after `let*'. > > This is so one can change `let' into `let*' and > back without moving anything else. > > Personally, I wouldn't mind just one "let" > which would be equal to `let*', as legend has > it the supposed parallelism of `let' is an > urban legend, however now when it is like it is > it would be confusing (to other people) to > always use `let*' when there is no reason to, > even tho there is equally little/as much reason > to use plain `let'... Well, for me, `let*' is an indication that `let' is not enough. But it's a minor point, agreed. I don't know about relative efficiency of both. >> 2. Unnecessary space before `))` (twice). > > This style I got from this book: > > @book{land-of-lisp, > author =3D {Conrad Barski}, > ISBN =3D 1593272812, > publisher =3D {No Starch}, > title =3D {Land of Lisp}, > year =3D 2010 > } > > It was one of the first books on Lisp that > I read and I think the only one I completed. > I've heard CL people don't like that style. > But now that I say it I actually don't remember > what dialect was used in the book. For sure it > wasn't Elisp. Well, that is really strange. Could you explain the reason for this space being there and not somewhere else? >> 3. Unnecessary double spaces in lines with >> `start' and `end' (I understand their >> purpose, but my OCD does not like them >> anyway). > > That's known as indentation. If it looks > strange to anyone, perhaps it is time to stop > using Comic Sans MS as the default font...? Well, it's not standard, I'd think. And for me, `indentation' is at the bol, this I'd call `alignment'. And again, I do understand the reason, I just don't like this style. It's not something I'm accustomed to. ,----[ Paul Halmos in "How to write mathematics" said ] | [W]henever the =E2=80=9Creform=E2=80=9D is introduced it is bound to caus= e distraction, | and therefore a waste of time, and the =E2=80=9Csaving=E2=80=9D is not wo= rth it. `---- Best, -- Marcin Borkowski