From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: questions about blink-cursor-mode Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <59E57B2EDA3D465DA20C720A327090CC@us.oracle.com> <5F1590E419004FC3988A3EB1CDFF52EB@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258594046 8955 80.91.229.12 (19 Nov 2009 01:27:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Juanma Barranquero' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 19 02:27:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NAvnp-0006TX-6O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:27:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59928 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAvno-00044c-EV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:27:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAvTh-0003Sw-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAvTa-0003Ni-WF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35043 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAvTa-0003NQ-CH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:22 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:15780 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAvTa-0008EX-0q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:22 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAD8pBEvO+IIa/2dsb2JhbACBTdcnhDsEiVc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,767,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="49632253" Original-Received: from 206-248-130-26.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.130.26]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2009 20:06:21 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 595F18774; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:21 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <5F1590E419004FC3988A3EB1CDFF52EB@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:39:41 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117224 Archived-At: > 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