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For those wondering about why the \, is used to indicate the start a lisp expression, the backslash is used to escape all replacements and the comma recalls the
by onedognight 3y ago
For those wondering about why the \, is used to indicate the start a lisp expression, the backslash is used to escape all replacements and the comma recalls the lisp backquote (`) function (operator) which is like quote (‘), but allows interpolation of evaluated lisp expressions when preceded by a comma[0].
[0] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Backquote.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Ba...
- bewaretheirs 3y agoI would have said that the comma recalls the way that comma is used inside backquoted expressions.
- globular-toast 3y agoThanks, that's a great way to remember it!