Re: [AUCTeX] add to a key stroke: texify --tex-opt=--src --quiet %t"

[David Kastrup]

"Stefan Pofahl" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 5 Sep 2005 at 19:38, Ralf Angeli wrote:
>
>> > On 5 Sep 2005 at 14:44, Ralf Angeli wrote:
>> >> It expects the symbol of a function returning a file name.  You
>> >> cannot throw random garbage at it.
>> > What do you mean by random garbage?
>> 
>> %t
> I don't like your language, it was no "random garbage", the reason
> I choose it was, that I'm not an expert in lisp.

Well, I have at least a good working knowledge of Lisp, and %t as a
Lisp expression has quite the same meaning as !$^%& has (an undefined
symbol).  So from the view of the Lisp interpreter, Ralf is calling a
spade a spade here.

Maybe the doc string was misleading you, but most doc strings are
intended to be interpreted by people with basic Lisp knowledge, so I
am not sure whether we can, with reasonable effort, improve the
situation so that others in the same situation as you won't make the
same mistake.

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