From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Fineman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file Date: 08 Nov 2003 18:15:44 -0500 Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068334210 6840 80.91.224.253 (8 Nov 2003 23:30:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 23:30:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 09 00:30:08 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AIcWu-0001e7-00 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2003 00:30:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AIdU1-00082U-VU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 19:31:13 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.mv.net!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pip1-4.std.com Original-X-Trace: pcls3.std.com 1068333339 14993 192.74.137.184 (8 Nov 2003 23:15:39 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 23:15:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118025 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13964 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13964 "Jody M. Klymak" writes: > But perhaps your sentiments are correct - maybe the litmus test of > having to learn lisp keeps out the riff-raff and leaves emacs to be > developed by the dedicated "professional programmers." Alas, it doesn't always work. I am a nonprogrammer, and Elisp is the only programming language I have ever used, unless you count some youthful hacks in Basic. Riffraffishly, -- --- Joe Fineman jcf@TheWorld.com ||: Masochist: "Hurt me!" :|| ||: Sadist: "No." :||