From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-x C-e with prefix arg
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 07:31:20 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAF+z6ExDSWKF5_-6GnqLyX4dRiwxgXpwwJtpNc-RAHqs=V4ow@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D5891EF34DF42D3A479CF83CAF1E43E@us.oracle.com>
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> How about letting the particular prefix arg control whether to print the full
> value?
Good idea.
> You use a prefix arg to insert the value in the current buffer at point. How
> often do you really want the inserted value to have pieces missing (elided)?
> You typically want to (edit and) use the inserted value in code you are writing,
> no?
>
> How about letting a non-negative prefix arg insert the full value (in effect,
> binding `eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level' to
> nil)? And letting a negative prefix arg do what any prefix arg does today:
> respect the current values of `eval-expression-print-length' and
> `eval-expression-print-level'?
Agreed. Would you like to submit a patch here or to bug-gnu-emacs?
> Today, to get the full value inserted you need to avoid `C-x C-e' and instead
> select the sexp and use `eval-region' - or use some other workaround.
That's true. It's somewhat annnoying.
--
Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-04 23:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-03 15:42 C-x C-e with prefix arg Drew Adams
2013-05-04 23:31 ` Xue Fuqiao [this message]
2013-05-05 3:51 ` C-x C-e with prefix arg [patch] Drew Adams
2013-05-05 6:05 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-05-05 8:57 ` C-x C-e with prefix arg Juri Linkov
2013-05-05 14:23 ` Drew Adams
2013-05-05 19:50 ` Juri Linkov
2013-05-06 7:00 ` Drew Adams
2013-05-06 8:30 ` Juri Linkov
2013-05-06 14:11 ` Drew Adams
2013-05-06 19:54 ` Juri Linkov
2013-05-06 20:13 ` Drew Adams
2013-05-07 8:30 ` Juri Linkov
2013-05-07 14:16 ` Drew Adams
2013-05-07 20:55 ` Juri Linkov
2013-05-07 21:42 ` Drew Adams
2013-05-07 22:31 ` Juri Linkov
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