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From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: .emacs poser
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:01:18 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8VMMyXLtN_Gk9wVURfyHepqFARMVHM6mKMviyhq0uv3NA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878uvjsa1k.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se>

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:

>> Footnotes: [1] I have no idea why anybody would have
>> a use for that key's original function on anything
>> but a mechanic typewriter. Other than SHOUTING YOUR
>> LUNGS OUT…
>
> *And* for #define C_CONSTANT and for non-parameters in
> SQL (SELECT year ... ) - though when you think of it,
> that convention probably should be dropped. It is just
> that your eyes are used it it, so it will be like
> teaching an old dog how to sit.

Writing keywords in all caps used to be popular in case-insensitive
languages until syntax highlighting editors became the norm. Nowadays,
it’s not quite as frequent.

If/when there comes a day when most editors (IDEs?) can reliably
detect preprocessor macros and highlight them with a dangerous-looking
shade of red, the all-caps convention for #defines can also be
dropped.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-12-18  3:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-17  0:01 .emacs poser B. T. Raven
2013-12-17  0:36 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17  1:48 ` Dale Snell
2013-12-17  2:46   ` Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <mailman.9443.1387244913.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17  2:03   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17  2:58     ` Dale Snell
2013-12-17  5:53       ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]     ` <mailman.9453.1387249112.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17  3:16       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17  5:32         ` Dale Snell
2013-12-17  6:27         ` Tilman Ahr
2013-12-17 16:42           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-18  2:25             ` Tilman Ahr
2013-12-18 21:17               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-18  3:01             ` Yuri Khan [this message]
     [not found]             ` <mailman.9542.1387335681.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-18 21:23               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-19  1:13                 ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.9626.1387415627.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-20  1:40                   ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]         ` <mailman.9460.1387258387.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17 16:17           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 17:36             ` Dale Snell
     [not found]             ` <mailman.9507.1387301817.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17 17:41               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17  3:06 ` Yuri Khan
2013-12-17 15:17   ` Drew Adams
2013-12-18  1:38     ` Yuri Khan
2013-12-17  7:41 ` Kevin Rodgers
2013-12-17 15:24 ` Doug Lewan
     [not found] ` <mailman.9465.1387266001.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17 15:40   ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-12-17 16:29     ` Drew Adams
2013-12-17 16:49     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 18:20     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.9492.1387293902.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17 17:14   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 17:16   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 19:04     ` Doug Lewan
     [not found]     ` <mailman.9512.1387307070.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17 22:42       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 23:35         ` Doug Lewan
2013-12-17 21:15   ` Joost Kremers
2013-12-17 22:44     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 23:25       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-18  3:22     ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]     ` <mailman.9544.1387337046.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-18 21:42       ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]         ` <mailman.9628.1387418319.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-19  2:52           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-19  3:00             ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-20  5:31             ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-20  5:38               ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]             ` <mailman.9724.1387517532.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-20 17:52               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-27  6:00                 ` B. T. Raven
2013-12-27 14:12                   ` Yuri Khan
2013-12-27 16:11                     ` Drew Adams
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.10526.1388160732.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-29 22:17                       ` B. T. Raven
2013-12-29 23:48                         ` Drew Adams
2013-12-20  1:52         ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-19 22:24       ` Joost Kremers
2013-12-19 23:16         ` Emanuel Berg

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