From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What do 'hooks' do and how do they do it? Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:17:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87bpmr64by.fsf@ambire.localdomain> References: <1249147043.2246.18.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249658777 28821 80.91.229.12 (7 Aug 2009 15:26:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Help List To: William Case Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 07 17:26:10 2009 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 1MZRKb-0006CS-9q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:26:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46522 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZRKa-0008B8-Ke for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:26:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZRJf-0007yS-QH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZRJa-0007wd-KJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35636 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZRJa-0007wY-G1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out113.alice.it ([85.37.17.113]:4176) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZRJZ-00081t-Uq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from FBCMMO04.fbc.local ([192.168.184.135]) by smtp-out113.alice.it with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:24:57 +0200 Original-Received: from FBCMCL01B01.fbc.local ([192.168.69.82]) by FBCMMO04.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:24:01 +0200 Original-Received: from ambire.localdomain ([79.21.70.241]) by FBCMCL01B01.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:24:00 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire.localdomain with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MZRCL-0001oM-M5; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:17:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1249147043.2246.18.camel@CASE> (William Case's message of "Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:17:22 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2009 15:24:01.0135 (UTC) FILETIME=[173297F0:01CA1773] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ 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:66942 Archived-At: () William Case () Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:17:22 +0000 How is it woken up? A hook is a courtesy of the program's Author, a place where humility triumphs over and yet also encompasses cleverness, an invitation from the past to the Author in the present. A good hook is like a nice joke that builds merriment in the listener, because imagination is what wakes it and brooks its growth. thi