Questions tagged [keywords]
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Does `:` as the first character of a symbol name have a special meaning?
If I run
(plist-get '(A 4 B 3) 'B)
I get 3 as expected. I understand that I must quote B, otherwise
(plist-get '(A 4 B 3) B)
causes an error:
elisp--eval-last-sexp: Symbol’s value as variable ...
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How to check if a symbol is a keyword?
Values typically passed as property keys are typed symbol, eg:
(type-of :test) => symbol
However symbol type also covers t, nil end 'test.
Is there a convenient way to check for a colon prefixed ...
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What does “:” mean in elisp?
Does the : have a special meaning in Elisp?
(define-minor-mode dap-mode
"Global minor mode for DAP mode."
:init-value nil
:group 'dap-mode
:...
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What is the difference between Workflow states vs Types in org-mode?
In org-mode, what is the difference between TODO workflow states and TODO types? They looks and seems the same.
Here's a simple workflow states:
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence &...
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Adding new keywords delimeters
I am new to the Emacs (Doom Emacs to be precise) scene, and recently I came up with a minor mode that could come in handy for me so I decided to implement it.
To achieve the full functionality of my ...
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Defining a function that takes keyword arguments and a variable number of positional ones
I want to define a function that takes both keyword arguments (as in &key) and a variable number of positional ones (&rest). They should be independent of each other, the keyword list should ...
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How to use keyword symbols in Emacs Lisp?
According to Symbol Type
A symbol whose name starts with a colon (‘:’) is called a keyword symbol. These symbols automatically act as constants, and are normally used only by comparing an unknown ...
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How to raise an error when unrecogized keyword arguments are passed to a function?
With a function that uses keyword arguments using this style of function definition:
(defun some-name (&rest kwargs)
(plist-get kwargs 'example))
Is there a convenient way to ensure only ...
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Inline elements of variable list value in rx() macro call [duplicate]
Is there a more compact way to make use of the rx macro in cases where we want to inline a list of strings from a variable? Such as
(defconst c++20-new-keywords-list
(list
"char8_t"
"import"
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Loading new agenda keywords (org-todo-keywords) is broken for me - bug in Emacs?
Objective
I decided to add custom agenda keywords (I'm still setting up the environment, don't have any agenda files yet) and I used this example code from some tutorial:
(setq org-todo-keywords
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Is there a canonical way to convert a keyword to a symbol with no :?
I want to convert keywords, e.g. :some-key to a plain symbol like some-key. I currently do this with:
(intern-soft (substring (symbol-name :some-key) 1))
Is there a better way?
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Use of keyword symbols in property lists
According to the Emacs Lisp manual http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Symbol-Type.html
A symbol whose name starts with a colon (‘:’) is called a keyword
symbol. These ...
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