From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joakim Hove Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: macro with argument Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:20:52 +0200 Organization: University of Bergen Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4yptgs59l7.fsf@skjellgran.ii.uib.no> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066656701 7893 80.91.224.253 (20 Oct 2003 13:31:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 20 15:31:38 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ABa8H-0006wE-01 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:31:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ABa8F-0001VD-KV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:31:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed.news.nacamar.de!uninett.no!nntp.uib.no!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: skjellgran.ii.uib.no Original-X-Trace: toralf.uib.no 1066656052 83297 129.177.20.52 (20 Oct 2003 13:20:52 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@uib.no Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Oct 2003 13:20:52 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NtGeSvSI0bCN7cIsY9ZnZo9zl5c= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117438 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13369 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13369 Joerg Schuster writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> (defun my_macro (string) (interactive "syour argument: ") (message >> "bla %s blo" string)) > > This prints "bla [argument] blo" in the mini buffer. I wanted Emacs to > print it in the active (?) buffer, i.e. in the buffer from which I > call the function. Replace the (message ) function with (insert ): (insert (format "bla %s blo" string)) HTH - Joakim -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------\ / Joakim Hove / hove@bccs.no / (55 5) 84076 | \ | Unifob AS, Avdeling for Beregningsvitenskap (BCCS) | Stabburveien 18 | | CMU | 5231 Paradis | \ Thormøhlensgt.55, 5020 Bergen. | 55 91 28 18 / \--------------------------------------------------------------------/