From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Juanma Barranquero' <lekktu@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: questions about blink-cursor-mode
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv3a4bgwb6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5F1590E419004FC3988A3EB1CDFF52EB@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:39:41 -0800")
> 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.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-19 1:06 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 [this message]
2009-11-19 1:30 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-19 17:17 ` Drew Adams
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