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Ed L Cashin <ecashin@uga.edu> writes:

> Something nice for that kind of lisp is "cond".
>
>       (cond ((equal host "nilda")
> 	     (set-background-color "SteelBlue4"))
> 	    ((equal host "tougas")
> 	     (progn
> 	       (set-background-color "ivory4")
> 	       (set-cursor-color "plum")))
>               ...)))

You can dispense with the progns to make even nicer:

(cond ((equal host "nilda")
       (set-background-color "SteelBlue4"))
      ((equal host "tougas")
	 (set-background-color "ivory4")
	 (set-cursor-color "plum")))
      ...)