Re: elisp macros problem

[Lowell Kirsh <lkirsh@cs.ubc.ca>]

By the way, I never mentioned this, but I broke my wrist pretty badly 
and that's why I'm trying so hard to save keystrokes. It seems like it 
might not have been worth the effort, but it's definitely been a 
learning experience anyway.

Lowell

> Now, to come back to your problem,
> 
>  ;; a function:
>  (add-hook-to-mode 'test  
>     '(message "test mode hook")
>     '(message "first hook"))
> 
> or:
> 
>   ;; a macro:
>   (add-hook-to-mode test 
>      (message "test mode hook")
>      (message "first hook"))
> 
> I don't see the point, compared to: 
> 
>     (add-hook 'test-mode-hook
>         (lambda () 
>             (message "test mode hook")
>             (message "first hook")))