Thorsten <quintf...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi List, > > in org-babel-expand-body:scheme (and > e.g. org-babel-expand-body:emacs-lisp) I encounter something like this: > > (lambda (var) (format "%S" (print `(,(car var) ',(cdr var))))) > > While this part > `(,(car var) ...) > is explained in the manual (backquote and unquote), this part > `(... ',(cdr var)) > is a bit mysterious to me, and I do not find information about > backquote( ... backquote comma ()) > in the manuals or the web. > > Is that Emacs Lisp? What does that mean?
If you write it like this: `(,(car var) (quote ,(cdr var))) does it become clearer? This form is equivalent to the previous one. Nick