From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de>
To: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: elisp exercise: toggle-letter-case
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:26:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m263nobo8j.fsf@nschum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44503f09-7f13-41c4-80dd-4dcda150b76d@b31g2000prb.googlegroups.com> (Xah's message of "Sat\, 18 Oct 2008 13\:50\:30 -0700 \(PDT\)")
Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> it doesn't use (&optional beg end) with the associated
> “(interactive ...)” code because i think when a command is designed
> only for interactive use, then it makes sense to not support calling
> it in elisp as much as possible.
But it limits the code's re-usability. Imagine someone wants a function
that toggles the case for the current symbol or sentence (instead of
word).
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-19 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-17 21:02 elisp exercise: toggle-letter-case Xah
2008-10-17 23:29 ` Andreas Politz
2008-10-18 1:06 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.1411.1224291972.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-18 18:53 ` Xah
2008-10-18 20:47 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-10-18 20:50 ` Xah
2008-10-19 15:26 ` Nikolaj Schumacher [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1506.1224429976.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-19 17:46 ` Xah
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