From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Sullivan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Very basic questions. Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:40:58 -0400 Message-ID: <87lkokv5px.fsf@ashbery.wjsullivan.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158379359 5734 80.91.229.2 (16 Sep 2006 04:02:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:02:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 16 06:02:38 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GORNv-00024j-15 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:02:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GORNu-0004oH-Ll for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:02:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GORNi-0004jH-8L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:02:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GORNh-0004hH-7F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:02:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GORNh-0004h7-0W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:02:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GORQ0-0001zU-0N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:04:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GORNV-00020g-7e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:02:05 +0200 Original-Received: from dsl092-079-150.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.79.150]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:02:05 +0200 Original-Received: from john by dsl092-079-150.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:02:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl092-079-150.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GyeTWu0TT/yhO6kTpGWI9Tr2CMc= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37405 Archived-At: "jronald" writes: > Take "require" for example. Sorry, example of what? > How does it know where the feature list is? Or, how does feature list make > itself to be found by functions? Libraries that provide features include a (provide 'foofeature). The feature list is stored in the variable called features. -- -John Sullivan -http://www.wjsullivan.net -GPG Key: AE8600B6