From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: hooks, again Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 22:55:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87twvzx252.fsf@debian.uxu> <55426DFE.2050600@nihilo.net> <87y4l9p04r.fsf@debian.uxu> <871tj1gdep.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87fv7bkca3.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87d22f55x6.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87mw1i1sez.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430880967 7547 80.91.229.3 (6 May 2015 02:56:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 02:56:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 06 04:55:58 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YppV8-0001KN-6z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 May 2015 04:55:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42753 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YppV7-0008IU-Gp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 22:55:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46746) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YppUx-0008IN-Ny for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 22:55:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YppUu-0006HW-Ih for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 22:55:47 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57545) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YppUu-0006H1-CS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 22:55:44 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YppUr-0001AP-7c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 May 2015 04:55:41 +0200 Original-Received: from 69-165-139-108.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.165.139.108]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 May 2015 04:55:41 +0200 Original-Received: from monnier by 69-165-139-108.dsl.teksavvy.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 May 2015 04:55:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69-165-139-108.dsl.teksavvy.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AlDc8jyXoJwxux4NT7+U0HTL6c0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104233 Archived-At: > Nothing says just because you set the hook that way > you cannot before you do that examine what is in the > hook and function by function find out what they are > and if you like them to be there. > Usually there isn't much so it isn't a lot work > either, and besides it is a limited but nonetheless > good way to examine the system. And what is it again that you gained from using (setq foo '(bla)) over (add-hook 'foo 'bla)? > Again, what's stopping me adding those functions as > well (with setq), if I like them? You can reinvent add-hook, if you want, yes. More power to you, Stefan