Hi Jonathan, Jonathan Arkell wrote: > On 2009/12/7 12:31 AM, "bluedian" <blue.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> For now, I use this basic snippet when defining emacs code block in my >> configuration files, JDL-Debug is a flag I put to true when I want to debug >> my Emacs configuration. >> >> # -*- mode: snippet -*- >> # name: code org for emacs configuration blocks >> # key: cemacs >> # -- >> #+srcname: $1 >> #+begin_src emacs-lisp >> (if JDL-Debug >> (message "start $1")) >> $2 >> (if JDL-Debug >> (message "End $1")) >> #+end_src > > Why not use a macro? That is one of the great things about lisp: > > (defmacro JDL-Debug (section &rest code) > `(if JDL-Ddebuging > (progn > (message (concat "start " ,section)) > ,code > (message (concat "end " ,section))))) > > (I haven't tested it, but that should work.)
Not the same semantics, here: you don't execute the code unless the debug flag is set to `t'. In his case, the debug flag just adds (or not) messages in the echo area. Apart from that little difference, yes, I guess using macros is an excellent idea. Best regards, Seb -- Sébastien Vauban _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
