From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "T. V. Raman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Old-style backquotes in cc-vars.el Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:29:53 -0700 Message-ID: <18142.44881.685872.387968@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <20070901101821.GB3915@muc.de> <18140.52612.834052.399474@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <18142.4759.94109.793460@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Reply-To: raman@users.sf.net NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188999017 21684 80.91.229.12 (5 Sep 2007 13:30:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: dhruvakm@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 05 15:30:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ISuxN-0003gN-8Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:30:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISuxL-0001ig-ER for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISuxH-0001gZ-9y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:30:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISuxE-0001c0-Dy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:30:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISuxE-0001bf-5G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:30:00 -0400 Original-Received: from rwcrmhc15.comcast.net ([216.148.227.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISux9-0008TF-D7; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:29:55 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-71-202-191-236.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[71.202.191.236]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc15) with ESMTP id <20070905132953m1500t7lnke>; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:29:53 +0000 Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B354912A4546; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:29:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM alpha-478 under Emacs 23.0.50.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) x-attribution: tvr X-Detected-Kernel: NetCache Data OnTap 5.x X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:77858 Archived-At: Here is what is needed: A) Convert (` ...) to `... Thus: (` (progn ...)) becomes `(progn ...) (, ...) becomes ,... >>>>> "dhruva" == dhruva writes: dhruva> Hi, On 9/5/07, T. V. Raman dhruva> wrote: >> >> If I do write them, I'll be sure to contribute them. On >> the selfish end, I've already fixed my code that needed >> the fixing, so the motivation to write the code is not >> high at present. >> >> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman writes: Richard> It would be nice to have a couple of utility edit Richard> functions that turns old-style backquotes to Richard> new-style backquotes. Richard> Richard> Would you like to write them? dhruva> dhruva> If someone can point me to the complete definition dhruva> of old and new style (and variants if any), I will dhruva> try to develop a tool to do the conversion dhruva> automatically. I have done a bit of parsing related dhruva> work and feel I can do it. dhruva> dhruva> -dky dhruva> dhruva> -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy Contents reflect my personal dhruva> views only! dhruva> dhruva> dhruva> _______________________________________________ dhruva> Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org dhruva> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel -- Best Regards, --raman Email: raman@users.sf.net WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ AIM: emacspeak GTalk: tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc Google: tv+raman IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#emacs