From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: code critique requested Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:43:25 +1100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87tzmoqgte.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <87eje6qt2a.fsf@laptop.shootybangbang.com> <87k5nxg9ym.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ir3h5qao.fsf@moley.moleskin.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197463273 10591 80.91.229.12 (12 Dec 2007 12:41:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:41:13 +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 Dec 12 13:41:24 2007 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 1J2Qtw-0007xY-0j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:41:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J2Qte-0007GM-1z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:41:06 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!tethys.csu.net!nntp.csufresno.edu!sn-xt-sjc-02!sn-xt-sjc-09!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KpsCxdFJ8+Pd/mn5/P5oQ/8Jfrs= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:154613 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:50037 Archived-At: Kevin Rodgers writes: > Sebastian Tennant wrote: >> Quoth Tim X : >>> jpw@pobox.com (John Paul Wallington) writes: >>> >>>> metaperl.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> (defvar *asciidoc-indent-level* >>>> Sticking asterisks around special variable names is a Common Lisp >>>> affliction that isn't done in Emacs Lisp. >>> From the emacs lisp reference .... >>> >>> * In some other systems there is a convention of choosing variable >>> names that begin and end with `*'. We don't use that convention >>> in Emacs Lisp, so please don't use it in your programs. (Emacs >>> uses such names only for special-purpose buffers.) >> >> Can anyone expand on this? When exactly should buffer names include or >> not include asteri? > > I don't know about "exactly", but I think the convention is buffers that > are not visiting files. (Not that buffer names have anything to do with > variable names.) > That is my understanding as well. In addition, there is also the practice of putting a space at the start of the buffer name to hide it from the normal buffer listing (i.e. for temporary/working buffers the user normally won't be interested in seeing etc). Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au