Re: [O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-22 Thread peter . frings
On 21 Sep 2011, at 21:48, Jambunathan K wrote: I learnt more about all the strange looking `', creatures by cursorily reading the first link and casually looking at the flip-flop diagram seen on the second link. http://www.lisperati.com/syntax.html http://www.lisperati.com/looking.html

[O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-21 Thread Thorsten
Hi List, in org-babel-expand-body:scheme (and e.g. org-babel-expand-body:emacs-lisp) I encounter something like this: (lambda (var) (format %S (print `(,(car var) ',(cdr var) While this part `(,(car var) ...) is explained in the manual (backquote and unquote), this part `(...

Re: [O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-21 Thread Nick Dokos
Thorsten quintf...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi List, in org-babel-expand-body:scheme (and e.g. org-babel-expand-body:emacs-lisp) I encounter something like this: (lambda (var) (format %S (print `(,(car var) ',(cdr var) While this part `(,(car var) ...) is explained in the

Re: [O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-21 Thread Thorsten
Štěpán Němec step...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:37:42 +0200 Thorsten wrote: in org-babel-expand-body:scheme (and e.g. org-babel-expand-body:emacs-lisp) I encounter something like this: (lambda (var) (format %S (print `(,(car var) ',(cdr var) While this part

Re: [O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-21 Thread Štěpán Němec
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

Re: [O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-21 Thread Jambunathan K
I learnt more about all the strange looking `', creatures by cursorily reading the first link and casually looking at the flip-flop diagram seen on the second link. http://www.lisperati.com/syntax.html http://www.lisperati.com/looking.html I am surprised that a book that seems so playful could

Re: [O] [babel] What is `, (backquote comma)?

2011-09-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
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