From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: C K Kashyap Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Couple of automation questions Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:10:42 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87tya8yyhc.fsf@mithlond.arda> <4E304ABA.7040003@easy-emacs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=90e6ba613f44583ac304a91817ef X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311820854 2019 80.91.229.12 (28 Jul 2011 02:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 28 04:40:50 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QmGWo-00050o-DC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:40:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60687 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmGWn-0007eL-L4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:40:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmGWi-0007e3-HG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:40:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmGWh-00046z-Kt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:40:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:51694) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmGWh-00046t-IL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:40:43 -0400 Original-Received: by yxn22 with SMTP id 22so1450176yxn.0 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:40:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=HUaiJwAWSSMvjaoMOV0edOHOp3I5qSG6e9nSh8SuqqM=; b=pFOuV+M12KmzlqHyCHwV6TZjwJtSsoDbbvo7uEgBvf5N0uiQhQqzL6A1T/0//KgU8E 0pOH6zp29AhkahprK3JkMTJHvW3Ak1goe1RIngq3bIGAlqkgzGUpWtAKgiJEGqhombiJ 1HfHyoR1piBozTEvCbtJrJ1EWMbtS4vGcw4n0= Original-Received: by 10.42.39.18 with SMTP id f18mr392361ice.281.1311820842809; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:40:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.42.165.133 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:40:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E304ABA.7040003@easy-emacs.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.213.169 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:81819 Archived-At: --90e6ba613f44583ac304a91817ef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > yes maybe, if the tasks repeat and are basically simple. Than you could use > some python or perl too. > > no, if it's seldom or tricky. > > sed, awk etc. don't have such a thing like edebug for example. > > Andreas > > Hey Andreas, You are saying that if the task is not simple then lisp would be a better way to go right? Hey Teemu ... Are you suggesting common lisp because emacs lisp would fall short in some situations? Regards, Kashyap --90e6ba613f44583ac304a91817ef Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

yes maybe, if the tasks repeat and are basically simple. Than you could use= some python or perl too.

no, if it's seldom or tricky.

sed, awk etc. don't have such a thing like edebug for example.

Andreas


Hey Andreas,
You are saying th= at if the task is not simple then lisp would be a better way to go right?

Hey Teemu =A0... Are you suggesting common lisp bec= ause emacs lisp would fall short in some situations?

Regards,
Kashyap
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