GNU bug report logs - #11342
24.1.50; HOOK variable name in `add-hook' etc. confusing

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Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 11342 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11342: 24.1.50; HOOK variable name in `add-hook' etc. confusing
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:03:36 +0200

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> The manual sometimes calls these values being symbols "hook", and
> sometimes "hook variable".

* (elisp) Hooks::

    A "hook" is a variable where you can store a function or functions to
    be called on a particular occasion by an existing program.

Andreas.

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