From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [screenshot] Emacs instant colors (and the Elisp full cycle) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:33:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7eea5205-65fa-4eed-b823-2266809b0c4d@googlegroups.com> References: <874moae3ub.fsf@debian.uxu> <87zj61w1h4.fsf@debian.uxu> <1d573ae0-bede-416b-987b-e1c973dafbee@googlegroups.com> <87oamgx4bj.fsf@debian.uxu> <87r3rbhdkx.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429763722 18559 80.91.229.3 (23 Apr 2015 04:35:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 04:35:22 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 23 06:35:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yl8r9-0007Ui-Dt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:35:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37997 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yl8r8-0002Ny-H3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:35:18 -0400 X-Received: by 10.66.153.173 with SMTP id vh13mr1294050pab.37.1429763631841; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:33:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.1.43 with SMTP id 11mr189491igj.8.1429763631807; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:33:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!l13no8887758iga.0!news-out.google.com!n7ni14586igk.0!nntp.google.com!l13no8887751iga.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <87r3rbhdkx.fsf@debian.uxu> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.61.68; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.61.68 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 04:33:51 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211669 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103951 Archived-At: On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:16:30 AM UTC+5:30, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Rusi writes: > > > When I visit it, it does not do all the colorfulness > > of your screenshot And cant load it because there're > > all sorts of your own requires out there. > > You only need `font-lock-add-keywords'. If you read > the documentation, you find out that what I did is > exactly what it does! That way you also find out > I didn't do anything else and the requires are > unrelated. See? > > > Anyways... 'seriously man'... fontlock technicolor > > is not my priority > > It is rather to be able to solve simple problems by > examining code and documentation peace and quiet and > not get discouraged at the first unknown encounter. > > But I like "fontlock technicolor" :) Exactly. > > > So I am not going to iterate over this... unless you > > give me a version that splashes my screen with color > > when called as $ emacs -Q emanuel-buffer.el > > OK: > > http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/captain-mr-king.el > > Invoke: > > emacs -Q -l captain-mr-king.el captain-mr-king.el > > > [Or as I said earlier you can put the demo on that > > python thread yourself] > > Well, this isn't exactly an example of Lisp being > a "programmable programming language". This is an > example of Emacs being programmable in Elisp as well > as a tool to write Elisp. The difference might (?) get > subtile down below. The example that would prove the > point should rather be a macro that changes the syntax > of Lisp, for example `dotimes' - myself, I'm not > a macro writer tho I use them (sometimes). Of course > you may still use this example in any way you like. Ive put it in -- check if its ok