From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Placement of list within an interactive clause Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:31:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20505"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 15 00:32:33 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oC7Np-0005BQ-0Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:32:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35090 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oC7Nn-0000qf-J0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:32:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59930) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oC7NB-0000pC-Ek for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:53034) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oC7N9-0004Kk-PH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C090FA0389; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:31:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1657837910; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=FlB7/mcS4Fi5OnyWX9t2eWwup4KV9lkhhc5O+U84Z5g=; b=d/e03hdmoRATQnoirDTnSgJRnJZ6aFJSdRiaBBisJs16wTIyaMcGgFmtwrcqSkII mdDiIZFKccIEI0mL9XCyOeybkiUsu/BmDMblfaQikfmc0XhTr0LIcaPxKtEOPvhL0yH LgkoYk+boTDqv/aj7ncGzzS1/EMIsQVNkfcoTEccnHxuZdHoYkKHJi1yx27yitK0zWj 3Yii2g6GXS6qfVVsFJ5cDNMCbc/a2kdG819ENlAatW4sfHhl7gqM679rHPBXsxfkM1V IUE4hz9QXQewBu5NaSbHfX2uWpFPa4Q8GBYgQNtCzJ9UZw6vUjmRqB7LhQoPlLbOAJf 6TaXN5GwlQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.162; envelope-from=carlmarcos@tutanota.com; helo=w1.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138479 Archived-At: Jul 14, 2022, 20:30 by help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org: >> When using ` (interactive (list (if condition (body))))', would the commands >> in the body of the if statement form part of the list? Does the same apply >> > > I think you're jumping ahead of yourself because you don't seem to have > a good grasp of how Lisp works (this question has nothing to do with > `interactive`). > > Commands don't "form part" of lists. Lists contain values (and are > themselves values) and commands manipulate (and return) values when > they're evaluated. > > Maybe going through the "Introduction to Emacs Lisp" (see "Help => More > Manual => Introduction to Emacs Lisp" in the menu) will be helpful. > > Stefan > Can you make clear what sections should I read to answer my question?