From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 64584@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64584: 29.0.91; skeleton: cannot pass `str' as argument to some functions
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:50:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fs3klos4.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvledc6ct7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:52:00 -0400")
[ Sorry about mangling the bug address, and thanks for fixing it, and
replying. ]
[திங்கள் செப்டம்பர் 11, 2023] Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> In a skeleton template, it is not possible to pass `str' as an argument
>> to some functions.
>
> It is, but only after it appeared "naked" in the skeleton.
>
> `skeleton-insert` says:
>
> str first time: read a string according to INTERACTOR
> then: insert previously read string once more
>
> which indeed doesn't explicitly tell you tht you're doing something
> wrong, but it does imply that `str` doesn't just hold a string, or at
> least not initially.
Thanks, that explains the confusing part of the docstring. However,
there's still a problem as...
>> (define-skeleton test-skeleton ""
>> (file-relative-name (read-file-name "P: "))
>> (shell-quote-argument str))
>
> It should work if you can change your skeleton to something like:
>
> (define-skeleton test-skeleton ""
> (file-relative-name (read-file-name "P: "))
> str
> (shell-quote-argument str))
>
> where that first use of `str` will convert it from something that "read
> a string according to INTERACTOR" to the actual string.
... this inserts the directory twice. :-(
AFAIU, using 'str should prevent the insertion of the value but that
signals the same error. I tried (progn str (shell-quote-argument str))
instead but the same error again.
>
> Stefan
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-12 17:05 bug#64584: 29.0.91; skeleton: cannot pass `str' as argument to some functions Visuwesh
2023-09-11 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-11 15:20 ` Visuwesh [this message]
2023-09-11 22:12 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-12 2:36 ` Visuwesh
2023-09-12 3:06 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-12 12:24 ` Visuwesh
2023-09-12 13:08 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-12 14:50 ` Visuwesh
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