From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Florian von Savigny Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: trouble writing a conditional, or with lambda Date: 25 May 2003 14:04:40 +0200 Organization: Linux Private Site Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053861337 14292 80.91.224.249 (25 May 2003 11:15:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 11:15:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 25 13:15:35 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19JtTT-0003i8-00 for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 13:15:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19JtTr-0004sl-Ef for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2003 07:15:59 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!feed.news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9506f7e.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Original-X-Trace: online.de 1053861306 9076 217.80.111.126 (25 May 2003 11:15:06 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 11:15:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.6 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113668 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10164 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10164 Thomas, Oliver, and Lawrence, Thanks to all of you, all of this was most helpful and taken together, it covered about every conceivable aspect of my question. I have to admit I own a printed copy of Chassel's introduction, but did not have enough patience to find what I was looking for (maybe out of fear of getting lost somewhere else). In general, I have the feeling that Lisp documentation is often hard to digest (if concise). I have now understood the difference between lambda and progn (I used to know the latter, but forgot about it); I think I tried lambda because it is used when you want to add a bunch of functions to a hook in one go - I have now realised that this is precisely because those functions are not executed then but rather, well, named (I'll find it in Chassel now ... ). Thanks again, I'll store your answers for future reference ... Florian -- If you are going to reply in private, please be patient, as I only check for mail something like once a week. - Si vous allez répondre personellement, patientez s.v.p., car je ne lis les courriels qu'environ une fois par semaine.