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Tag: elisp
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Inform Users with BoxQuote
Have a look at how to utilize the “box control” within Emacs to help users with the task at hand.
Catch elisp bugs with the compiler
Juan Garcia has a post on reducing elisp bugs using the byte-code compiler.
Emacs Lisp as a scripting language
Here is a great article about using Elisp as a scripting language.
Visualizing Lisp without parentheses
Michael Weber had the inspiration to imagine how might one visualize Lisp without parentheses in his mwe-color-box.el extension to Emacs.
Below is a screenshot from Michael’s page. More of Michael’s Emacs Hackery is available here.
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