From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Maus Subject: Re: Newbie elisp programmer requests a pointer to backtics... Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:52:05 +0200 Message-ID: <874ojecqey.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> References: <4BC50A22.608@pinyon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0460658396==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O1zGe-0002eR-T6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:52:21 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39897 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1zGc-0002dP-VF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:52:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1zGW-0007Hm-MY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:52:18 -0400 Received: from mysql1.xlhost.de ([213.202.242.106]:57284) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1zGW-0007HS-HJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:52:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4BC50A22.608@pinyon.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Russell L. Carter" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --===============0460658396== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr_14_11:52:04_2010-1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr_14_11:52:04_2010-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Russell L. Carter wrote: >I greatly prefer a pointer to the fundamental docs in lieu of an >explanation here. I figured these out by mimicking working code, and >they work for me. But what are these operators|delimiters actually >doing? >I have both the latest versions of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual >and the Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, sitting before me >and they have been extensively interrogated, as has google. Yet still >I have to bother the list. I'm sorry! These things are called backquotes, discussed in GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual Section 13.5. HTH -- David -- OpenPGP... 0x99ADB83B5A4478E6 Jabber.... dmjena@jabber.org Email..... dmaus@ictsoc.de --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr_14_11:52:04_2010-1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iF4EABEIAAYFAkvFkEQACgkQma24O1pEeOaspwD+J/noUs33QB+PoLNVphF2CfcF hbZWyI/wWLZUE7KchMEBAOCPrt7F9L7vNchnT9m/GwNuAjP/xsscKyJ2FFB9BtqZ =5MG3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Apr_14_11:52:04_2010-1-- --===============0460658396== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode --===============0460658396==--