From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maciek Pasternacki Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:31:13 +0100 Organization: Towarzystwo Message-ID: <87mzx292u6.fsf@lizard.king> References: <87pt2ej98v.fsf@node1.ddorf.de> <87zn1g2t5j.fld@barrow.com> <876540gxzw.fld@barrow.com> <86brdqp4au.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87d5y3994r.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> <87hdnfbdek.fsf@lizard.king> <41A499D4.3000400@conectiva.com.br> <87fz2yk48o.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101606177 19958 80.91.229.6 (28 Nov 2004 01:42:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 01:42:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 28 02:42:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYE5U-0007ls-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:42:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYEEn-0003U3-RT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:52:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYEEV-0003Tu-4f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:52:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYEEU-0003TL-0j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:52:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYEET-0003TI-Ar for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:52:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CYE3U-000437-Nh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:40:49 -0500 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYE3T-0001CG-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:40:47 +0100 Original-Received: from 83.238.46.34 ([83.238.46.34]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:40:47 +0100 Original-Received: from maciekp by 83.238.46.34 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:40:47 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.238.46.34 X-japhy-version: 21.944 X-Favourite-Drink: Cherry-Coke X-Favourite-Pizza-Place: Anker X-Jabber-Id: maciekp@japhy.fnord.org X-Balcerowicz: Musi odejsc! X-Fnord: xefitra X-Face: "z$0S%vIy|*@uf~&cUy(t.|Ww`"[=wFe(FAC->(lhsd_}0Y\^STZ&LL%W~ikh(=7DBY*>LV )*~d, +@xH3!+USJ8tt"etVnco#l:Yg.'1QEoqEb'aft~ 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22387 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22387 On Boomtime, The Aftermath 40, 3170 YOLD, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>>> keywords, especially for SQL) or some kind of electric space for Lisp >>> For Lisp I'd recommend to use lowercase. It's more legible. >> Code in tutorials and code printed by Lisp printer has uppercase >> symbols. It's more natural for me to write lowercase but I found >> a convention to write symbols that come from Common Lisp (i.e. not >> defined by me) in uppercase. > > It was done in the past. Nowadays, Common Lisp code uses lowercase mostly. OK, thanks for clearing this out. >> It seems to be logical but OTOH I'm a Lisp newbie; > > Allcaps only makes sense when you don't have a choice: it's much more > difficult to read (your brain has a lot more trouble making out the words). Well, it makes SQL actually easier to read for me. Anyway it's cool I don't need to write Lisp in uppercase. :) -- __ Maciek Pasternacki [ http://japhy.fnord.org/ ] `| _ |_\ / { ...a good traveller has no fixed plans, ,|{-}|}| }\/ and is not intent on arriving... } \/ |____/ ( Lao Tzu ) -><-