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Article #595Re: Changing syntax of characters in Franz
From: Anthony Albert
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1986 20:58
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1986 20:58
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In article <14352@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> albert@kim.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Anthony Albert) writes: >In article <1126@ellie.UUCP> colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: >>> (3) Assuming a character's syntax has been reset as a "vmacro," how can you >>> find out exactly what function the character has been set to (short of typing >>> it and observing what Lisp does)? Is there a way for a program to find out? >> >>I've done it, but I've forgotten how. You may need to consult the oblist. >>-- >>Col. G. L. Sicherman > >You can use getsyntax (e.g. (getsyntax '\X)) to find out what class the ^ >character is in. If it is in a "macro" class (e.g. vmacro, vsplicing-macro), >the value of the function it is set to is assigned to the property which >is the value of "readtable". Therefore, to get the name of the function, you >can use (get '\X readtable). Of course, if the function has been compiled, ^ >you still won't know what it does. In my previous posting I should have explained that "X" is the character whose syntax is being investigated. Anthony Albert ..!ucbvax!kim!albert albert@kim.Berkeley.EDU
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!caip!lll-crg!styx!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!kim.Berkeley.EDU!albert From: albert@kim.Berkeley.EDU (Anthony Albert) Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Changing syntax of characters in Franz Message-ID: <14371@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Sat, 14-Jun-86 16:58:20 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.14371 Posted: Sat Jun 14 16:58:20 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Jun-86 21:29:08 EDT References: <555@bcsaic.UUCP> <1126@ellie.UUCP> <14352@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: albert@kim.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Anthony Albert) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 24