From: Sebastian Tennant <sebyte@smolny.plus.com>
Subject: (read (current-buffer)) returns an integer in a buffer full of text?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:18:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871wnv8vry.fsf@dellboy.lap.top> (raw)
Hi everyone,
If I execute the following code in *scratch* there's no problem:
(with-temp-buffer
(insert "hello")
(backward-word)
(read (current-buffer)))
=> hello
But in my function, instead of a symbol I get an integer (which is
always the same):
Debugger entered--returning value: 49243792
read(#<buffer *temp*<2>>)
* (equal (read (current-buffer))
The buffer is visiting an uncompressed ASCII English text file and
point is before the word 'sda:' so it should return 'sda:' as a
symbol, (like 'hello').
Any light much appreciated.
Sebastian
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2006-11-22 13:18 Sebastian Tennant [this message]
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2006-11-23 17:31 ` (read (current-buffer)) returns an integer in a buffer full of text? Robert Thorpe
2006-11-27 16:44 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2006-11-28 14:34 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-11-29 13:20 ` Sebastian Tennant
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2006-11-29 14:17 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-11-29 18:22 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2006-11-29 18:46 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-11-29 20:07 ` Peter Dyballa
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2006-11-30 10:43 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-11-30 12:19 ` Sebastian Tennant
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