From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom? Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:16:11 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87d5uswaut.fsf@ID-87814.user.uni-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109112121 29193 80.91.229.2 (22 Feb 2005 22:42:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 22 23:42:01 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3ij2-0002mn-91 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:41:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3j0G-00050x-HN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:59:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D3ix2-00042Z-A5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:56:20 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D3iwv-00040L-U1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3iwu-0003lG-8L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:56:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.30] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1D3iKP-0002zp-7B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:16:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id j1MMGHjJ012320; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:16:18 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com [138.1.191.50]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id j1MMGGhi012300; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:16:16 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id j1MMGGj8018540; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:16:16 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-75-111.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.75.111]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with SMTP id j1MMGCa1018510 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:16:15 -0700 Original-To: "Oliver Scholz" , X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <87d5uswaut.fsf@ID-87814.user.uni-berlin.de> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE 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 X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:24262 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24262 > Is there a collection of more such tips someplace? ISTR that some tips like that (i.e. using `funcall' or `apply' instead of `eval') are in the (old?) FAQ for comp.lang.lisp. But it's rather for common lisp. You might find some info here: 1. EmacsWiki: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryCode. 2. Emacs Lisp Manual (Info), node Tips.