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Jeff Miller <jmiller@bayserve.net> writes:

> btw, what is this type of thing referred to in lisp?
> 
> 	(y-or-n-p		:sound quiet)
>                                 ^^^^^^^
> I see these :variable type things used a lot but I couldn't find any
> refereneces/examples in the lispref info pages. 

Keyword arguments.  They are from Common Lisp.

There is very little support for them in Emacs Lisp, which I guess is
why the lispref doesn't describe them.

