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hi-lock mode problem

2010-03-10T20:55:17Z

It seems that if a file contains more than 10000 characters,
and a hi-lock pattern is specified near the end of the file,
then this pattern is not recognized by hi-lock mode.
Let me give an example. Just put at the end of a file
*containing more than 10000 characters
*with hi-lock mode enabled (M-x hi-lock-mode)

Re: comment shading issue

2010-03-10T20:19:23Z

From the comments in tcl.el, it looks like continued comments aren't
supported by the mode at all.

compilation-mode not processing color escape codes

2010-03-10T17:56:41Z

Using compilation-mode, I am calling a compile tool-flow. One of the
steps of the compilation outputs colored/bolded text to the terminal.
This is done in python using '\033[1;30m' to bold, and '\033[m' to un-
bold.
Emacs then displays the resulting output as "^[[1;30m<string>^[[m".
How can I convince emacs to either (a) display the requested color, or

comment shading issue

2010-03-10T11:55:31Z

Hello there,
When executing the following tcl file, "tclsh myfile.tcl"
------------------------
puts "hi"
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the output will be "blank". This is because of the # represents
comments and the puts 'hi' is considered as a comment because of the
\.
But in emacs, the "puts "hi" line is not shaded as a comment, as if

lots of information in Modeline

2010-03-10T08:50:08Z

Dear emacs users:
Sometimes, the text on modeline are too long so they are truncated.
Since some text contains important information like new message in
gnus, I'm wondering how to show the long text on modeline well.
The following is a list what I though:
1. scrolling modeline
2. two-or-more rows' modeline

Re: Weird "Undefined color: "black " " error message

2010-03-10T06:58:52Z

Looks like emacs is picking up a lot of whitespace as part of the colour
name. Check that your xdefaults line has no trailing whitespace. If it
does, remove it and see if that fixes the problems.
Note that even if it does fix the problem, I still think this is a bug
and should be reported to the emacs devs as such.

Re: Can free variable refers to a lexical environment?

2010-03-10T04:47:52Z

Oh, it's just nice. I can use lexical binding in elisp programs.
I've tried some, this macro can not solve labeled procedures("defun"ed
procedures),
but only no labeled procedures (lambda expressions). I'll rewrite my
programs in the match style.
thank you for your advice.

Re: move-end-of-line vs just search for newline char?

2010-03-09T21:38:26Z

Thanks. good answer.
this shouldn't matter though because in buffer, newline char is always
represented by "\n". End of buffer problem is a good one still, i
think.
Xah

Re: move-end-of-line vs just search for newline char?

2010-03-09T20:27:57Z

I think (end-of-line 1) is the preferred way of going to the end of line.
move-end-of-line is an interactive command and it has to take care of various stuff. Your alternative might not work in a CRLF line-ending format or if there is no newline at the end of the buffer.
Cheers,
Uday

Re: gnus question; how to make coming mails to be read

2010-03-09T19:03:07Z

KU> Dear emacs gnus users:
KU> I'm now using gnus with pop3 of gmail. Using nnmail-split-fancy, I
KU> split sent mail into specific group mail.sent. As you know, if I send
KU> a mail using smtp or web of gmail, it sends back the mail to me, and
KU> it goes to mail.sent as I set the nnmail-split-fancy. This is okay for

Re: Can free variable refers to a lexical environment?

2010-03-09T18:21:01Z

In article
<180666d9-2ecb-4d99-a419-73965 0a8f...@c37g2000prb.googlegrou ps.com>,
Emacs Lisp implements dynamic scoping, not lexical scoping.
You can use lexical-let to emulate lexical binding.

Weird "Undefined color: "black " " error message

2010-03-09T18:08:44Z

Hi,
I was editing my .Xdefaults to change the color for xcleardiff and
typed 'xrdb -merge .Xdefaults'. Now when I try to launch emacs 23.1.1.
$ emacs
Undefined color: "black "
Any suggestions?
Regards
John

move-end-of-line vs just search for newline char?

2010-03-09T17:01:34Z

There's the move-end-of-line function. The source code and doc seems a
bit complicated.
my question is, what's the difference if i just call
(search-forward "\n")
(backward-char 1)
Thanks.
Xah
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Can free variable refers to a lexical environment?

2010-03-09T12:43:14Z

Hello,
I need to make a table factory function in emacs with cl extension.
but I'm scheme user. I'm confusing emacs lisp behavior.
will you please tell me the emacs lisp's free variable issue.
my table factory function is following code:
(defun mk-table-instance ()
(let ((table nil)) ;; create a lexical value `table`

Re: Java development with Emacs

2010-03-09T11:32:27Z

(...)
I'm currently experimenting with eclim and the emacs client. Looks
nice:
* [link]
* [link]
Cheers,