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new version for emacs ergonomic keybinding #2 0 40 (9/22/2008 11:36:42 AM) comp.lang.lisp My ergonomic system now has a new version: http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html The keybinding is designed in 2007-07, and the elisp began more as a experimental code, so that it is easy fo... Xah

The Problems of TeX 200 148 (2/14/2008 6:02:59 AM) comp.text.tex TeX, and its derivatives such as LaTeX, receives a lot praise and is widely used. However, i think there is one aspect of TeX that is a damaging flaw, and this criticism is little known. I feel this problem sho... Xah

chinese file names from Windows to Mac 2 73 (2/13/2008 5:38:39 AM) comp.sys.mac.system i got a zip'd folder from windows. After unzipping, all chars in chinese file names becomes garbled. is there a way to get them correct? (as far as i know, windows is utf16 and mac is utf8.So i guess the prob... Xah

windows chines file names to mac 0 62 (2/13/2008 4:08:51 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc i got a zip'd folder from windows. After unzipping, all chars in chinese file names becomes garbled. is there a way to get them correct? (as far as i know, windows is utf16 and mac is utf8. So i guess the pro... Xah

Mathematica list function in NewLisp, Qi 11 53 (2/9/2008 10:38:36 PM) comp.lang.lisp Can anyone consider adding these functions to lisp? In particular, i'm thinking Qi, NewLisp would be very good candidates. The official list of Mathematica's list manipulation functions is here: http://refere... Xah

Qi on top of NewLisp 7 56 (2/7/2008 12:18:17 PM) comp.lang.lisp hi Mark, is it possible to get Qi to work on top of NewLisp? I think NewLisp is really fantastic. http://newlisp.org/index.cgi?page=3DFeatures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewLISP Xah xah@xahlee.org =E2... Xah

The Hack of bitmask used as Boolean Parameters 0 47 (1/31/2008 4:41:49 PM) comp.lang.lisp In a recent post in the thread =E2=80=9CAnnouncing a new release of Lisp1=E2= =80=9D, Blake McBride wrote some reasons he doesn't like Scheme lisp. Among which, he explained how Scheme's inconsistency in treati... Xah

the necessity of Lisp's Objects? 109 80 (1/22/2008 9:50:21 AM) comp.lang.lisp 2008-01-22 I've been programing mathematica since 1993, worked as intern at Wolfram Research Inc in 1995. And since have been coding Mathematica daily up to 1998, and on and off since then. I started to learn... Xah

mode for posting to blogger 2 188 (1/12/2008 3:47:00 AM) comp.emacs is there a emacs package that allows me to post to blogspot.com from emacs? thx. Xah xah@xahlee.org $B-t(B http://xahlee.org/ ... Xah

Modernization of Emacs Lisp 2 53 (1/10/2008 6:38:57 PM) comp.lang.lisp Here's a article i extended from my previous post. Modernization of Emacs Lisp Xah Lee, 2008-01 Over the past decade, before i really got my hands down with elisp in the last couple of years, i have heard ma... Xah

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A Simple Lisp Logo 7 57 (6/15/2008 10:07:26 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hi all you lispers! I had a go at a simple lisp logo, inspired by Xah's version of the twisty lisp logo. http://www.geocities.com/fram_ling_ham/lisp_logos.png or http://www.geocities.com/fram_ling_ham/lisp_lo... framlingham (4)

Python's doc problems: sort 14 38 (4/30/2008 2:48:39 AM) comp.lang.lisp Of my Python and Perl tutorial at http://xahlee.org/perl-python/index.html the most popular page is =E2=80=9CSorting in Python and Perl=E2=80=9D http://xahlee.org/perl-python/sort_list.html For example, in ... xahlee (818)

chinese file names from Windows to Mac 2 73 (2/13/2008 5:38:39 AM) comp.sys.mac.system i got a zip'd folder from windows. After unzipping, all chars in chinese file names becomes garbled. is there a way to get them correct? (as far as i know, windows is utf16 and mac is utf8.So i guess the prob... xah (463)

Qi II preview 41 50 (2/10/2008 9:43:29 PM) comp.lang.lisp The home site for Qi now contains the first preview of Qi II to be released in August 2008 (http://www.lambdassociates.org/QiII.htm). This should answer several questions that people have been posting to me abo... dr.mtarver (661)

How does functional programming attack the object oriented programming area? 14 42 (2/6/2008 11:10:42 PM) comp.lang.lisp If one was forced to use onyl functional programming how would one cover the areas typically handled by oo programming? ... gavcomedy (1610)

Game Over: O'Reilly Does Lisp 42 60 (2/6/2008 9:03:29 AM) comp.lang.lisp Get it?*: http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/2008/02/arc_an_unappreciated_approach_1.php That is favorable coverage of Lisp by a company that made a preemptive strike against Lisp content. Wow, first the... kennytilton (1428)

Arc vs newLISP, which is better ? 6 90 (2/3/2008 9:40:45 AM) comp.lang.lisp Joke. But feel free to vote ;) ... fooshmoo (14)

Arc already more popular than Python... 26 44 (1/31/2008 11:30:40 AM) comp.lang.lisp ....and Ruby now leads Python by 25%. Googlefight tells all. Based on a more frivolous indicator (close examination of the language) I think Arc has a chance to take down CL eventually. It will be a close ca... kennytilton (1428)

adjustable array vs hash-table 14 47 (1/30/2008 10:09:11 PM) comp.lang.lisp I could use a hash-table or an adjustable array. Considering the keys of the hash-table are equal to indices in the array 0.1.2.3.4... functionality is the same. So which one is more efficient at a. Expanding w... slobodan.blazeski (1459)

Seeking help for learning system for absolute beginners 79 46 (1/27/2008 12:42:40 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello to all the gurus here ! I am in the process of setting up computers for a group of children, in the age between 7 to 12, who have never operate a PC before, with the intention to install educational / en... penang (29)