From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: hooks, again Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 00:21:22 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87k2wl73fh.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87twvzx252.fsf@debian.uxu> <55426DFE.2050600@nihilo.net> <87y4l9p04r.fsf@debian.uxu> <871tj1gdep.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87fv7bkca3.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87d22f55x6.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87mw1i1sez.fsf@debian.uxu> <87k2wmo09q.fsf@debian.uxu> <87twvp7bxy.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430950820 13724 80.91.229.3 (6 May 2015 22:20:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 22:20:20 +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 May 07 00:20:19 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 1Yq7fv-0001S2-5V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 00:20:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47295 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yq7fu-0006Cg-8K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 May 2015 18:20:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:7hOA7TgHD+GVnzNWEZKF5T6QU5k= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211967 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:104251 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > So, IIUC, you're heading a revolution to kill all > uses of add-hook, tho only those performed by the > end user in her ~/.emacs and only on those few > "safe" hooks like major-mode hooks where it makes > no difference? The difference is that it is easier to see what the hook is, it is more convenient and faster to remove and add stuff, the code is less bulky, and when experimenting to get a desired behavior you neither have to remove failed attempts or worry that (if left behind) they will interfere with what you try to do. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573