From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jude DaShiell Subject: Re: [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)? Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:53:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <867h51x0d5.fsf@googlemail.com> <871uv9hgxx.fsf@gmail.com> <86obydvhqv.fsf@googlemail.com> <87wrd1g0ix.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51264) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6ZPf-0007jb-FL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:53:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6ZPe-0008Qn-7e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:53:23 -0400 Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:59798 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6ZPe-0008Qi-4t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:53:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87wrd1g0ix.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A9t=ECp=E1n_N=ECmec?= Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Thorsten another, post-el.On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, ?t?p?n N?mec wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:05:12 +0200 > Thorsten wrote: > > > thanks Nick and Stepan, > > > > "evaluate the form after "," and quote the result" > > > > that made me understand what its all about. > > I just read the backquote section Elisp manual, it does not cover these > > strange combiniations of barely distinguable characters, but I may haved > > missed it - its a thick book. > > You haven't missed anything. My point was that "the pieces are all > there" -- as Nick pointed out by the rewriting, 'foo is just a > convenient read syntax for (quote foo), so there's nothing special or > new about `',foo, it's still manipulating a list structure in a way the > manual describes. > > I'm sure you can find more resources on the net, as the same notation is > used in other Lisps, in particular Common Lisp and Scheme. > > Two examples I know of: > http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/02_df.htm > http://bc.tech.coop/blog/041205.html > > (And by the way, if you really find ' and ` "barely distinguishable", > perhaps you might consider using another font? It's an important > distinction to make, as you've now found. ;-)) > > Jude "I love the Pope, I love seeing him in his Pope-Mobile, his three feet of bullet proof plexi-glass. That's faith in action folks! You know he's got God on his side." ~ Bill Hicks