From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: garbace collection of point-markers Date: 31 Jan 2003 20:51:18 +0100 Organization: informatimago.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87vg05yu6h.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> References: <62ede926.0301310049.17611c1a@posting.google.com> <87znphzl2d.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> <84bs1xe4a6.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044042978 31647 80.91.224.249 (31 Jan 2003 19:56:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ehGq-0008EJ-00 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:56:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ehGN-0000We-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:55:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!thalassa.informatimago.COM!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: thalassa.informatimago.com (212.87.205.57) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1044042686 35880050 212.87.205.57 (16 [41911]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109666 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6181 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6181 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Pascal Bourguignon writes: > > > Note that in emacs, the reader does not > > convert-case the symbols. So (not (eq 'DONT-COPY-P 'dont-copy-p)) > > It seems customary to refer to the args of a function by uppercase > names. Type C-h f kill-buffer RET for an example. Exact. But as a typographical distinction. Now that we have bolds and italics and fonts, perhaps they should just be put in bold and stay low case. When you work with Common-Lisp in addition to emacs lisp, it's usefull to keep the distinction in mind. -- __Pascal_Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a fault in reality. Do not adjust your minds. -- Salman Rushdie