From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: append, push, and add-to-list. Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 22:56:16 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87o8bgg6br.fsf@zoho.eu> <20210705154121.GB6395@tuxteam.de> <871r8cg0je.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7584"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 06 22:02:21 2021 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 1m0rGv-0001mv-ED for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:02:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47398 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0rGu-0002LC-FZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:02:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0rFu-0002L3-Pj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:01:18 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:47149) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0rFt-0007LR-6g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:01:18 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.34.164]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000057EBC.0000000060E4B68A.000027D3; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:01:13 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871r8cg0je.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, 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: 2.1.23 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:131586 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-07-05 20:00]: > tomas wrote: > > >> But ... ultimately one writes code so the computer can > >> execute it, and not so that a human can read it. So maybe > >> one shouldn't quote empty lists? > > > > There's at least one wise person who put that exactly the > > other way around: > > > > Programming is the art of telling another human being what > > one wants the computer to do > > -- D E Knuth > > LaTeX, veeery understandable! Especially when explained to > other humans! > > Well, maybe TeX was better in this sense? LaTeX has a special audience, like typesetters (if it is write English word) and writers. For them is understandable. Beside the heading settings, I can write LaTeX natively without problem. TeX is actually easier to learn. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/