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: [External] : Re: Placement of list within an interactive clause Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:05:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21268"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Stefan Monnier , "'Help-Gnu-Emacs (help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)'" To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 15 22:06:40 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 1oCRaC-0005Gr-5f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:06:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44654 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oCRaA-0006En-Oe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:06:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54286) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oCRZb-0006DW-M3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:60128) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oCRZY-0004kr-Qe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B4FFBF8AA; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:05:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1657915559; 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=hHINCEMDQVSZ6KyOaDs5LEK7CrHlVfVZyAfwgp2RPUE=; b=X4j5pUNOBZi1zpQVMUmL5TU5v7wNHwue2VTHgPKAXm7xdOzpI3QUQ3r81Endwrq6 DNsRVXzo/c7tIX+h+yTEvW/vZcBXnGB8j08euUB+rhO9jEEI8ZeJn7Azsq5oN5O1z7E siCHpbUQm1lv9ntY549PyfaMp12PfL77CK4vl/aNXZdkxVFmGXB7oSzrAkOjpn5hGTf UjqBp1fF6o/PjR9Za4Nb9NF4HbjHyxDiuYZxZGWWV9zl7amBdO9ctVFQCdzeAH0wyRk rQBbAjhn/cmLNW6V1Kq13iC6L30t9Uo3hHAL49fs5+thyau/J119gAfwg0gqJtPiW4l W2knSgjIRw== 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:138492 Archived-At: Jul 14, 2022, 22:52 by drew.adams@oracle.com: >> > Maybe going through the "Introduction to Emacs Lisp" (see "Help =3D> >> > More Manual =3D> Introduction to Emacs Lisp" in the menu) will be help= ful. >> >> Can you make clear what sections should I read to answer my question? >> > > > > * Menu: > > * Lisp Lists:: What are lists? > * Run a Program:: Any list in Lisp is a program ready to ru= n. > * Making Errors:: Generating an error message. > * Names & Definitions:: Names of symbols and function definitions= . > * Lisp Interpreter:: What the Lisp interpreter does. > * Evaluation:: Running a program. > * Variables:: Returning a value from a variable. > * Arguments:: Passing information to a function. > * set & setq:: Setting the value of a variable. > * Summary:: The major points. > * Error Message Exercises:: > > > The only thing I captured from re-reading all that was that something like = `(let' behaves like a function (special form).=C2=A0 The variable setting s= ets the value but do not define any output. But I also found that by default, a function in lisp returns the value of t= he last expression evaluated as the return value.=C2=A0 Hence, the last exp= ression in the body of the `let' clause is the entity that is returned by `= let'.