From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: questions about blink-cursor-mode
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:30:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e01d8a50911181730s3de7ce83n4814fa318c371d2f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv3a4bgwb6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Thanks, Juanma. Now that I see that explanation, I recall that I knew
>> this at one time - but I guess I forgot it. Note that not only is it
>> not declared (e.g. defvar), it is also not bound, which is why `C-h
>> v' doesn't recognize it.
>
> The first problem is in the docstring:
>
> It finishes by running the mode hook variable `MODE-hook'.
>
> this repeats a very widespread misconception, which is that those hooks
> are variables. They're not: a hook is a symbol, not a variable.
> That's why it can work even if the variable by that name is not bound.
But it is described by describe-variable ...
Maybe we should have a describe-symbol that knows a bit abou these
things? I have a describe-symbol in nXhtml that knows a little bit
(but not hooks).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-19 1:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2009-11-18 18:59 ` questions about blink-cursor-mode Drew Adams
2009-11-18 23:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-11-18 23:39 ` Drew Adams
2009-11-19 1:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-19 1:30 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2009-11-19 17:17 ` Drew Adams
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