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From: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the :eval form ?
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:40:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tq4nqlasyb.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87d35965s1.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de

Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:

> Philippe M. Coatmeur <philippe.coatmeur@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Philippe,
>
>> How can I find information about this special form ? When I ask emacs
>> using C-h f with point over it, it acts like google and shows me the
>> "plain eval" info page... :(
>
> :eval is neither a function nor a special form, it is a keyword.
>
> ,----[ (info "(elisp)Symbol Type") ]
> |    A symbol whose name starts with a colon (`:') is called a "keyword
> | symbol".  These symbols automatically act as constants, and are
> | normally used only by comparing an unknown symbol with a few specific
> | alternatives.
> `----


Is that also true in a function call? 

e.g

,----
|   (notifications-notify  :title "Wazzup!?" :message message))
`----

title and message are not keywords here. 

Or is the keyword "symbol" here?




  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-09  6:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-08 18:39 What is the :eval form ? Philippe M. Coatmeur
2012-06-08 17:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-08 18:01 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-08 18:02 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-06-09  6:40   ` Richard Riley [this message]
2012-06-09  8:34     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-06-09 14:08     ` Drew Adams
2012-06-08 18:08 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-06-08 18:10 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-08 18:21 ` Barry Margolin
     [not found] ` <mailman.2446.1339178928.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-08 19:19   ` Philippe M. Coatmeur

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