Re: Improving EMACS

Article View: comp.sys.apple2.gno

Article #389

Back to comp.sys.apple2.gno Previous Next

#389

From: Morgan Davis
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 03:42

13 lines
1025 bytes

In <1992Dec12.050031.18427@r-node.gts.org>
taob@r-node.gts.org (Brian Tao) writes:

>    I noticed that two so-called "system" variables (%restart and %tempdir)
>are really user variables, according to their notation.  Shouldn't they
>be $restart and $tempdir?  Just nit-picking...

There was a really good reason why you couldn't do this.  I think it was
because you can only change existing $variables, not create new ones.
The only alternative was to use %variables instead.

 /\/\  Morgan Davis Group (619/670-0563)
/ /__\  Internet: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com

Technical Details

Message-ID: <lf71906@pro-sol.cts.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!pro-sol!mdavis

References: <1992Dec12.050031.18427@r-node.gts.org>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.gno
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!pro-sol!mdavis
From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
Subject: Re: Improving EMACS
Organization: ProLine [pro-sol], Rancho San Diego, CA
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 19:42:13 PST
Message-ID: <lf71906@pro-sol.cts.com>
In-Reply-To: taob@r-node.gts.org (Brian Tao)
References: <1992Dec12.050031.18427@r-node.gts.org>
Lines: 13

Reply to Parent Message