From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Testing whether a mode is enabled Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 23:26:26 +0000 Message-ID: References: <871qr7fji1.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34771"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 17 01:28:01 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1okD33-0008te-DG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2022 01:28:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35254 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1okD32-0005BY-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:28:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46496) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1okD1g-00059f-TR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:26:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.132]:23297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1okD1e-0001LC-St for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:26:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1665962792; x=1666221992; bh=DxurBehFzmW3H4BBKREnURw8izpVyS3xO4Tiw1mxEhc=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID; b=RKZFGj0YJd3xhGSM9xY+Un0fEazLlVURWvP77YMheMLjdwl3/bW0epHzGYz6eL6iR Z+lXx6ua+6uQykV7O8p+BIqfTG93P/5xf5rjx/X9r+n8YAk+fqkNcFZ/hsKaBtjLhk ue3minygghVSzw+Exf6TAiHOFceAShf+NMA6UvleYIeeXn/gLKsLf3Uj59iQxsBtsb GWSLsDu50Pf3eKcDAIO/TlTkTP+UuMojTh3hjVABpwhrYm7czgM5o7vQFVEPdoC5Cl g/+dVbpa4Dcp90A5zfZ0iuLyNQv6KideeGlldRS/re/rNdF6ggCcEKgzZPsi0kHCIt EvZKHGEiIRA3Q== In-Reply-To: <871qr7fji1.fsf@web.de> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.132; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40132.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:140023 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, October 16th, 2022 at 11:15 PM, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor > help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org writes: >=20 > > I am uncertain because of the numeric values used to enable and disable= . >=20 >=20 > The variable has a docstring. This is the crucial source for you. > Nearly all mode variables are interpreted as Bools in Emacs. I see. Which is either t or nil in the docstring. =20 > The argument of the mode functions is different because it is often also > the prefix arg, which is a number (not even only just that, actually). > But it can also be called from Elisp. That's why its semantics are a > bit ugly. >=20 > Michael. Not trivial.