[HN Gopher] Emacs Code Conversion Language
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       Emacs Code Conversion Language
        
       Author : gudzpoz
       Score  : 61 points
       Date   : 2024-11-21 18:41 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | thih9 wrote:
       | The source code mentioned in the article is well documented and
       | an interesting read too; e.g.:
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       | https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/src/ccl.c
        
       | uludag wrote:
       | Interesting. I've been using Emacs for 6 years and have never
       | heard of CCL. I would love to read a book on all the strange and
       | fascinating code that Emacs has accumulated over the years.
        
         | sourcepluck wrote:
         | Yes, it seems ripe for quasi-archaelogical investigations. One
         | tidbit that I couldn't believe was that Julian Assange had
         | written an early version of Windmove, or an addition to an
         | early version, or something along those lines.
         | 
         | I've nosed through some of the elisp files for the games -
         | little goldmines everywhere in there.
        
           | thih9 wrote:
           | Looks like the details are in the file itself:
           | 
           | > Special thanks to Julian Assange (proff@iq.org), whose
           | change-windows-intuitively.el predates Windmove, and provided
           | the inspiration for it.
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           | Source: https://github.com/emacs-
           | mirror/emacs/blob/4823fa1077e4330bd...
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           | change-windows-intuitively: http://quimby.gnus.org/s/change-
           | windows-intuitively.el
        
           | Conscat wrote:
           | I recently played Emacs tetris, and I was confused by how the
           | tetrominos were selected so I dove into the source code to
           | impress my boyfriend. It turns out that the tetrominos'
           | behavior is configurable with a defcustom, but by default it
           | chooses to play without the bag rule, making their tetris
           | hard to take seriously as an implementation for competitive
           | play >:c
        
       | lmz wrote:
       | Judging by the name and by these opcodes
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       | https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/7cb77385d38b96377...
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       | it seems to be intended for character set conversion especially
       | JIS.
        
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