From: Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
To: Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch@googlemail.com>
Cc: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Docstrings: Use of `C-u'
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:01:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ocd24c0u.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tymwreu6.fsf@mean.albasani.net> (Memnon Anon's message of "Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:41:21 +0200")
Hi Memnon,
Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch@googlemail.com> writes:
> I found only one other example so far, which is different:
> ,----[ org-agenda.el ]
> | (defun org-agenda-set-restriction-lock (&optional type)
> | "Set restriction lock for agenda, to current subtree or file.
> | Restriction will be the file if TYPE is `file', or if type is the
> * universal prefix '(4), or if the cursor is before the first headline
> | in the file. Otherwise, restriction will be to the current subtree."
> `----
>
> Adding that the prefix argument will be interpretated as a *list of one*
> integer like this -> '(4) seems great. This clarifies that the test
> against the prefix argument is something like "(when (equal arg '(4))"
> without looking at the code of the function itself.
I agree beginners won't easily guess the prefix argument is of the form
'(4). But as a beginner, I'd look for "prefix argument" in the Emacs
manual and find this:
http://www.gnu.org/s/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Prefix-Command-Arguments.html
Or I'll ask this list :)
In any case, I'm not sure clarification about this belongs to Org's
code.
Maybe we can just add a footnote in the Org's manual referring to the
Emacs manual for the first important occurrence of "prefix argument"
(one regarding a function that is very likely to be used in another
function, or called in a lambda expression).
Any suggestion?
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-16 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-12 23:13 Bind C-u C-c C-x C-i to a key Markus Heller
2010-08-12 23:37 ` Andreas Burtzlaff
2010-08-13 3:12 ` [OT] Passing universal argument to a function (was: Bind C-u C-c C-x C-i to a key) Memnon Anon
2010-08-13 16:49 ` Markus Heller
2010-08-14 23:41 ` Docstrings: Use of `C-u' (was: [OT] Passing universal argument to a function) Memnon Anon
2010-08-16 18:54 ` Docstrings: Use of `C-u' Bastien
2010-08-16 19:01 ` Bastien [this message]
2010-08-13 7:09 ` Re: Bind C-u C-c C-x C-i to a key Bastien
2010-08-13 7:12 ` Bastien
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