From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: `if' in Elisp (was: Re: title-case function) Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 12:31:10 +0200 Message-ID: <86lg03lkep.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> References: <868sw4lye1.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="259317"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 21 12:31:52 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hI9lH-0015L1-Am for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 12:31:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51396 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hI9lG-0005QL-BZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:31:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:60253) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hI9l0-0005OB-JE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:31:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hI9ky-0000ak-B5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:31:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=34898 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hI9ky-0000T9-44 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:31:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hI9ki-0014hg-Jl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 12:31:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:U/u+KNlRdKhJeBAfYv6RrdfM3sA= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:120010 Archived-At: Paul W. Rankin wrote: >>> It seems to work alright, but I don't >>> understand it? You don't need >>> `progn' anymore? >>> >>> (if nil >>> 0 >>> (message "been here") >>> 1) ; 1 and got message >>> >>> ?? >> >> Do you mean using progn for the ELSE in the >> if expression? From the documentation on >> `if': >> >> (if COND THEN ELSE...) >> >> THEN must be one expression, but ELSE... can >> be zero or more expressions. > > So yeah, progn is unnecessary. Unbelievable, when/how did this happen?! >> Did you look into this [2] ? >> BTW make a search for "Emanuel Berg" :) > > Ah right, no I didn't find that one. Nice. > > Given that there are no definitive rules > regarding title case minor words, I think > I prefer using a defcustom for these (i.e. > I wouldn't consider "over" or "past" as > a minor words because they're four letters). I didn't have anything to do with the rules when Mr. Voit wrote that, but I think I agree with you, so I CC this to him so he can do what he pleases with it. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573