From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
Cc: ndokos@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar'
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 01:08:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-e11b2559-8030-46da-8e43-b4ce2d01fe73-1622588880273@3c-app-mailcom-bs03> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8735u18c5k.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 10:15 AM
> From: "Robert Thorpe" <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: ndokos@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar'
>
> I tried this example out. In a emacs-lisp-mode buffer I put the following:
>
> (setq lexical-binding t)
>
> (defvar my-doc "foobar")
>
> (defun my-fun (x)
> (:documentation my-doc)
> (+ x 42))
>
> I evaluated each of them in turn. After that when I do C-h f on my-fun
> I get "foobar". What is a little strange is that Emacs tells me that
> my-fun is a "Lisp closure".
>
> If I *don't* have the first line (the lexical-binding one) then this
> doesn't work. In that case C-h f tells me that my-fun is a "Lisp
> function" and has no documentation.
Correct
> BR,
> Robert Thorpe
>
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2021-05-31 23:00 Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar' ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-31 23:11 ` 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-05-31 23:13 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31 23:32 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-31 23:43 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:14 ` 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-06-01 0:23 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:35 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:40 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:00 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 1:07 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 1:28 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:33 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 13:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 16:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 22:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 3:26 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 5:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 14:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 14:41 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 15:01 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-06-01 15:05 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 15:38 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 18:20 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-01 18:33 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 2:53 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-02 22:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-02 22:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 6:52 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 7:23 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-03 9:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 14:17 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-02 15:59 ` FW: " Drew Adams
2021-06-02 16:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 17:24 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 18:14 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 22:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 22:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-02 4:55 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 5:06 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02 13:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 13:35 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 14:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 15:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 16:14 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 15:53 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 18:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 18:59 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02 19:55 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 19:58 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 21:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 22:24 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 22:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 22:52 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 23:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 10:57 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 13:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 15:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 15:34 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 16:18 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 6:29 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 6:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-03 6:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-01 15:46 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-01 16:34 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 18:51 ` Nick Dokos
2021-06-01 19:02 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 22:15 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-06-01 23:08 ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-05-31 23:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-31 23:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:46 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 0:29 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 0:35 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 1:08 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:49 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 14:26 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 21:50 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 22:22 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:40 ` Jean Louis
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