Re: how to use "if" in lisp

[jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)]

jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

> Teng Wang <twang.umn@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I just began to learn lisp a couple of weeks ago. It is easy to use,
>> but sometimes it is really hard to know what variables are in
>> lisp. And today I want to write a code doing the function as below:
>>
>> (if (_the major mode is something_)
>>     (some function)
>>     (another funcion))
>>
>> But I don't know how to write down the condition. 
>
> Since major-mode is local to a buffer, your function should be local to
> the buffer.

Sorry, that isn't clear: you may need to specify the buffer with
(current-buffer) or otherwise make sure you are dealing with the current
buffer, and to ensure that your function does not affect other buffers.

Joel

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