Well, it would be harder for *me* to type. I imagine Hiredman has these symbols bound to some short but little-used key sequences. If you're not using your C-c <letter> bindings for anything else, you can pick four of them and use them for this.
On Nov 16, 12:13 pm, Paul Hobbs <paul.mcdill.ho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Huh. Isn't a unicode composition symbol harder to type than comp? If it's > for readability, I'd rather go with the emacs hacks. > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Alan <a...@malloys.org> wrote: > > Found it. See > >https://github.com/hiredman/odds-and-ends/blob/8a84e6ddbad9d71f714ba1... > > > On Nov 16, 10:06 am, Alan <a...@malloys.org> wrote: > > > Ask on #clojure about this. Someone (hiredman, I think?) has a macro > > > that rewrites code using some funky unicode characters. I can't find > > > it at the moment, but it might be what you're looking for. > > > > On Nov 16, 9:51 am, "Eric Schulte" <schulte.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Just to follow up, I'm now using the following to pretty up Clojure > > code > > > > in Emacs > > > > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > > > > ;; symbols for some overlong function names > > > > (eval-after-load 'clojure-mode > > > > '(font-lock-add-keywords > > > > 'clojure-mode > > > > (mapcar > > > > (lambda (pair) > > > > `(,(car pair) > > > > (0 (progn (compose-region > > > > (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > > ,(cadr pair)) > > > > nil)))) > > > > `(("\\<fn\\>" ,(make-char 'greek-iso8859-7 107)) > > > > ("\\<comp\\>" ?∘) > > > > ("\\<partial\\>" ?þ) > > > > ("\\<complement\\>" ?¬))))) > > > > #+end_src > > > > > I think the results look quite nice, a small example is attached > > > > > abbrev-function-names.png > > > > 5KViewDownload > > > > > Best -- Eric > > > > > "Eric Schulte" <schulte.e...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > Thanks for sharing this. It seems like the best compromise between > > the > > > > > desire to keep my code brief (at least to my eyes) without wanting to > > > > > introduce my own custom function names for global functions. > > > > > > If you don't mind I'd like to add this to my fork of the Emacs > > Starter > > > > > Kit (will credit you as author). > > > > > > Best -- Eric > > > > > > Paul Hobbs <paul.mcdill.ho...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > >> Well, for those who use emacs, you could always make it *look* like > > it was > > > > >> pretty... For example: > > > > > >> (eval-after-load 'clojure-mode > > > > >> '(font-lock-add-keywords > > > > >> 'clojure-mode `(("\\<fn\\>" > > > > >> (0 (progn (compose-region > > > > >> (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > > >> ,(make-char 'greek-iso8859-7 107)) ;; a lambda > > > > >> nil))) > > > > >> ("\\<comp\\>" > > > > >> (0 > > > > >> (progn (compose-region > > > > >> (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > > >> "∘ ") > > > > >> nil))) > > > > >> ("\\<partial\\>" > > > > >> (0 > > > > >> (progn (compose-region > > > > >> (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > > >> "𝒫 "))))))) > > > > > >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Cyrus Harmon < > > cyrushar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >>> I think the minimal character count for composition and partial > > functions > > > > >>> in haskell are some of the reasons that haskell code is so > > impenetrable to > > > > >>> non-haskell hackers. Feel free to rig up crazy unicode characters > > to any > > > > >>> identifier you want in your own code, just don't ask me to read or > > debug any > > > > >>> of it. > > > > > >>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Paul Hobbs wrote: > > > > > >>> Coming from Haskell, where composition and partial functions are > > cheap and > > > > >>> free in terms of character count, it is actually pretty > > discouraging to have > > > > >>> to spell it out in Clojure for the same effect. Some of the cases > > where you > > > > >>> "should" be using multiple expressions in Clojure would be > > perfectly clear > > > > >>> in Haskell as one expression... > > > > > >>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Sean Corfield < > > seancorfi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Alan <a...@malloys.org> wrote: > > > > >>>> > The one that bugs me is complement - such a long name for a > > commonly- > > > > >>>> > useful function. I often wind up defining ! as an alias for > > > > >>>> > complement, but maybe others will think that is poor style. > > > > > >>>> Possibly because bang functions indicate "Here be dragons" in > > terms of > > > > >>>> mutating state? e.g., set! > > > > > >>>> Are you really using complement a lot? I guess I would define an > > alias > > > > >>>> for the complement-ed function or use not in expressions... > > > > >>>> -- > > > > >>>> Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > > > > >>>> Railo Technologies, Inc. --http://getrailo.com/ > > > > >>>> An Architect's View --http://corfield.org/ > > > > > >>>> "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > > > > >>>> -- Margaret Atwood > > > > > >>>> -- > > > > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > >>>> Groups "Clojure" group. > > > > >>>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > > > >>>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient > > with > > > > >>>> your first post. > > > > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > >>>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > > > > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > >>> Groups "Clojure" group. > > > > >>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > > > >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient > > with > > > > >>> your first post. > > > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > >>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > >>> Groups "Clojure" group. > > > > >>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > > > >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient > > with > > > > >>> your first post. > > > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > >>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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