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From: John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>
To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: ask for the value of several variables at once
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:14:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOj2CQQmNCXKCQSFsu=ZF=HS3QzmO+XqT+jdE3+sijQs8KnOPg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86tvtdo9ak.fsf@zoho.com>

Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> wrote:
> Is there any trick of thinking or otherwise
> sparring exercises if you will to get into the
> mind frame of macros? Obviously doing it on
> gnu.emacs.help wasn't the way :)

Mostly I think it's just a matter of practice. The macrostep[1] package
can make it a bit more convenient to inspect how a given macro expands,
which can be a big help when you're working on one. I bind
`macrostep-expand' to `C-c C-e' in emacs-lisp-mode.

        John

[1]: https://github.com/joddie/macrostep



  reply	other threads:[~2018-03-19 21:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-08 15:52 ask for the value of several variables at once Uwe Brauer
2018-03-08 16:08 ` tomas
2018-03-08 17:56   ` Uwe Brauer
2018-03-08 21:55     ` tomas
2018-03-09 18:13       ` Uwe Brauer
2018-03-09 20:07         ` Nick Dokos
     [not found]         ` <mailman.10352.1520626056.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 20:24           ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09 23:44             ` Nick Dokos
     [not found]       ` <mailman.10340.1520619259.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 19:36         ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-14  9:26           ` Uwe Brauer
2018-03-14  9:42             ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]             ` <mailman.10592.1521020572.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-14 10:31               ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-14 11:53                 ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.10597.1521028463.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-14 12:47                   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-17 16:44                   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-17 17:25                     ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-17 20:59                     ` John Mastro
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.10810.1521320411.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-18 12:14                       ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-18 12:30                         ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-19 21:14                           ` John Mastro [this message]
2018-03-18 15:00                         ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]                         ` <mailman.10837.1521385252.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-18 15:09                           ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]           ` <mailman.10591.1521019620.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-14  9:39             ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]     ` <mailman.10293.1520546129.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09  8:01       ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09  8:32         ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09  9:18           ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09 10:14             ` tomas
     [not found]             ` <mailman.10313.1520590498.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 10:42               ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09 11:49                 ` tomas
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.10316.1520596187.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 14:23                   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09 18:18                 ` Uwe Brauer
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.10342.1520619737.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 19:30                   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09  9:19           ` tomas
     [not found]           ` <mailman.10308.1520587214.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 10:09             ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09 10:21               ` tomas
2018-03-09 20:07           ` Robert L.
2018-03-09 20:17             ` Emanuel Berg
2018-03-09 10:03     ` Yuri Khan
2018-03-09 18:15       ` Uwe Brauer
     [not found]     ` <mailman.10310.1520589843.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-03-09 10:05       ` Emanuel Berg

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