From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Passing Multiplie Arguments in the mini buffer Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:16:17 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86d62akqtq.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> References: <20040802024145.46038.qmail@web52907.mail.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1091427412 7305 80.91.224.253 (2 Aug 2004 06:16:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 06:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 02 08:16:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BrW7r-0006a1-00 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:16:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BrWBF-0002As-2d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:20:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BrWB2-0002Am-Qk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:20:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BrWB0-0002AZ-ED for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:20:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BrWAz-0002AW-NH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:20:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BrW7R-00049B-A2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:16:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BrW7Q-0000Ak-00 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:16:20 +0200 Original-Received: from 139.4.37.213 ([139.4.37.213]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:16:20 +0200 Original-Received: from kai by 139.4.37.213 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:16:20 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.4.37.213 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:lesNYY2Cu7SqMIfyDYnb7AEU19o= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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:19928 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19928 exits funnel writes: > However, according to it's doc string move-to-column > takes, in addition to the first argument, a second > optional one. How can I pass this second argument if > I'm issuing the function interactively? I think there is no obvious way. Of course, you can cheat by doing M-: (move-to-column 42 t) RET But that's, well, cheating. Please note that M-: and M-x are not the same. I really meant M-:. Kai