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From: Maxim Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Possibility of using alternative separators in macros
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 00:03:12 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <s7u7kh$bm8$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8dascw4.fsf@christianmoe.com>

On 17/05/2021 02:21, Christian Moe wrote:
> Maxim Nikulin writes:
>> On 03/05/2021 04:08, Christian Moe wrote:
> [snip]
>> #+MACRO: allargshack (eval (format "- /%s/ :: %s" $1 (mapconcat
>> #'identity _ ",")))
>>
>> {{{allargshack(one, two, three)}}}
>>
>> I do not know if Eric can swap order of arguments of his credits
>> macro. Extracting namely last argument requires a bit more lisp code.
> 
> Yes, I didn't think that far. This would provide a comprehensive
> backwards-compatible solution to the comma-escaping problem, though
> perhaps not the most newbie-friendly one. It would also make macros more
> flexible and powerful in the bargain (I'm sure people will think of
> other uses for this than commas).

I agree that it would abuse arguments syntax, but I expect that namely 
newbies would not bother since it would "just work":

#+MACRO definition  - $1 ::$_

{{{definition(one, two, three}}}

It is more experienced users who may be confused why it works.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-17 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-30 13:26 [PATCH] Possibility of using alternative separators in macros Juan Manuel Macías
2021-05-01  8:30 ` Bastien
2021-05-01 10:04   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-05-01 10:17     ` Bastien
2021-05-01 10:18     ` Bastien
2021-05-01 21:50     ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-05-02 21:08       ` Christian Moe
2021-05-12 11:49         ` Maxim Nikulin
2021-05-16 19:21           ` Christian Moe
2021-05-17 17:03             ` Maxim Nikulin [this message]
2021-05-17 18:51               ` Christian Moe
2021-05-02 12:13     ` Eric S Fraga
2021-05-11 11:01 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-05-11 16:12   ` Juan Manuel Macías
     [not found]     ` <87im3prvz8.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
2021-05-11 18:25       ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-05-15 13:29         ` Bastien
2021-05-15 20:14           ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-05-15 20:25             ` Bastien
2021-05-15 21:05               ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-05-16 12:17                 ` Bastien
2021-05-16 16:48                   ` Maxim Nikulin

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