From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to see that a variable holds t Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:30:13 +0100 Organization: Decebal Computing Message-ID: <87aawrgk7e.fsf@Traian.DecebalComp> References: <87fx6ncdvc.fsf@Traian.DecebalComp> <87wrzysjty.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <878wcbicpc.fsf@Traian.DecebalComp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262803311 5383 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2010 18:41:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:41:51 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 06 19:41:44 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NSapE-0004TR-EV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:41:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45352 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSapF-0006qx-11 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:41:45 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Homepage: http://www.decebal.nl/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DxcU53OG/YHzcag1LMVJxbz5QV8= Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.53.123.169 Original-X-Trace: 1262802615 news.xs4all.nl 22918 decebal/[::ffff:84.53.123.169]:27021 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:175999 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:71085 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> As earlier said: it works, but I do not understand the difference >> between: >> ((t) 10) >> and: >> (t 10) > > The first only matches when gnus-idle-daemon-do-log is equal to t, > whereas the second always matches (it's an "otherwise" clause). I was not clear with my question. This I know, but why does the first only matches when gnus-idle-daemon-do-log is equal to t? -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof