From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thorsten Jolitz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Customize Emacs Lisp read syntax? Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:47:14 +0200 Message-ID: <8761uef9z1.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1378468074 30801 80.91.229.3 (6 Sep 2013 11:47:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:47:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 06 13:47:56 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VHuW4-0002xb-AT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:47:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36712 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VHuW3-0005QC-Q2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:47:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36590) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VHuVn-0005Pr-9g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:47:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VHuVf-0000A1-Va for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:47:39 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:42613) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VHuVf-00009x-PE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:47:31 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VHuVc-0002m2-C3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:47:28 +0200 Original-Received: from g231233111.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.231.233.111]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:47:28 +0200 Original-Received: from tjolitz by g231233111.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:47:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: g231233111.adsl.alicedsl.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.130002 (Ma Gnus v0.2) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vQ2qfIKjzFrQ/DHxHlP8nlYYZUc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:93289 Archived-At: Hi List, Emacs Lisp read syntax uses '#' in several places, e.g. when printing circular lists or strings with attributes: ,----------------------------------------------------------------------- | (org-data nil (headline (:title (#("A*B*/C/" 0 7 (:parent #1))) ...))) `----------------------------------------------------------------------- When trying to make Emacs Lisp talk to another Lisp that has '#' (instead of ';') as comment character, this causes some headache. Is it possible to customize this, or is it hardcoded into the syntax and can only be changed by replacing the '#' char with something else on a textual level? -- cheers, Thorsten