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Re: list of elisp primitives ?
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Jean-Christophe Helary |
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Re: list of elisp primitives ? |
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Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:34:56 +0900 |
> On Dec 22, 2019, at 23:56, Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary <address@hidden>
> writes:
>
>> That's 1290 functions...
>>
>> The reference seems to have 1608 functions and 294 commands, so those
>> primitives are not even a "useful subset" of emacs lisp functions...
>>
>> I guess that was a naïve idea. So I'll just have to go through the
>> reference and try to find myself a minimaly useful subset (which is
>> what the Intro should be about, btw.)
>
> The Elisp manual describes the most relevant functions for each topic.
Which is not a minimally useful subset. Also, the description is not always
reader-friendly. Cf. my earlier comment about `unwind-protect' and the way it's
described in the reference. Even after reading the docstrings I can't
understand the description.
Jean-Christophe Helary
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Re: list of elisp primitives ?, Marcin Borkowski, 2019/12/22