In other words, I found out by typing:

C-h i           { enter Info }
m emacs         { select Emacs manual }
m glossary      { go to Glossary section }
C-s numeric argument <Esc>
r arguments     { follow cross-reference }
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Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

(autoload 'telnet "telnet-filter"
          "*Open a network login connection to HOST on optional PORT..." t)

Here's my telnet-filter.el:

;;;; telnet-filter.el

;;;; Delete unprintable characters from telnet output.

;; Advertise provided feature:
(provide 'telnet-filter)

;; Load telnet:
(if (not (fboundp 'telnet-filter))
    (load-library "telnet"))

;; Options:

(defvar telnet-filter-regexp "[^\t\n -~]" ; all unprintable characters
  "*Regular expression to match characters to be filtered from telnet output.
Automatically made local to buffer when set.")

(make-variable-buffer-local 'telnet-filter-regexp)

;; Modify the process output filter:

The summary and keywords say it all. I am running ilisp and have lucid
running in an inferior lisp buffer.

How do I prevent the *lucid* buffer getting killed accidentally?
Emacs asks for confirmation before killing the  shell buffer when
quitting so how can I make it do the same if the lisp is running?

Of course I could kluge it so that the *lucid* buffer always looks as
if it is modified to emacs and attach a file to the buffer so that
emacs  emacs asks me if I want to save it when I try to kill the
buffer, but this would become a major irritant. What I would like is
for emacs to check that the lucid is still running and if so ask me to
confirm the kill of the buffer.

Thanks,

(defun position (object list)
  (let ((found (memq object list)))
    (and found (- (length list) found))))

It's true that this version traverses part of the list twice in
the two "length" calls, but that's insignificant next to the fact
that "length" is a primitive written in C rather than a
byte-compiled loop.  One of the main performance rules for Emacs
Lisp is to use the primitive functions whenever they are even
roughly appropriate, rather than writing a loop yourself.

(defun position (object list)
  (let ((found (memq object list)))
    (and found (- (length list) (length found)))))

   Is there a "position" (cl) function for GNU emacs or something similar?

No, and don't write one.  If you need to use such a function, name it
xxx-position, where "xxx" is your package name.

This is very important because it will prevent your code from clashing
with code written by people who were unwise and didn't follow this advice.

   What I want to do is find the position of a symbol in a list of
   symbols.

(defun xxx-symbol-position (symbol list)
  (let ((tmp (memq symbol list)))
    (if tmp (- (length list) (length tmp)))))

   Also, what dialect of lisp does GNU emacs run?

GNU Emacs Lisp.

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Enjoy,

Harald> Anyone know a smart method to make my outgoing mails in Unix
Harald> mail format??

I have included
  (setq mail-self-blind t)
in my .vm file. This makes you send a copy of all outgoing mail to
yourself by default (you can always decide to kill the BCC line before
sending). You can then save your out-mail in folders as you do for
in-mail.

Harald> Anyone know a smart method to make my outgoing mails in Unix
Harald> mail format??

I have included
  (setq mail-self-blind t)
in my .vm file. This makes you send a copy of all outgoing mail to
yourself by default (you can always decide to kill the BCC line before
sending). You can then save your out-mail in folders as you do for
in-mail.