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From: Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: ps-print variables interactive setting (was: How to define a `multiple prompt' function?)
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:31:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ej412cpw.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-BC5883.00081903092008@newsgroups.comcast.net

Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I wish to define a function that prompts me more than once: let's call it
>> `my-function': when I type `M-x my-function', in the echo area I see (just an
>> example):
>> 
>>  Hi, how are you today?
>> 
>> .  Then I type, e.g., `fine RET', and again it prompts me with:
>> 
>>  I see.  And, what did you do yesterday?
>> 
>> ... and so on.  Then I'm going to put some `if... else' conditions over my
>> possible answers.  Can anybody please provide some hints about how to elisp
>> this?



Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> (defun my-function ()
>   (interactive)
>   (let* ((response (read-from-minibuffer "Hi, how are you today? "))
>          (new-prompt (format "I see, you're %s?  And where did you go 
> yesterday?" response))
>          (response2 (read-from-minibuffer new-prompt)))
>     (message "I hope you enjoyed %s" response2)))


Thanks, that works.
I wish to set some ps-print variables in an interactive way, i.e. be prompted
for the value that I want to set.  So, following Barry's hint, I put:


(defun my-manage-ps-font-size ()
  (interactive)
  (let* ((prompt1 (read-from-minibuffer "Font size? "))
	 (prompt2 (format "(quote (7 . %s))" prompt1))
	 )
  (setq ps-font-size prompt2)
    )
)


, but it seems that the variable's value is put between "" and so it is not
accepted.  I need help in this point.  Thanks to anyone still helping.

Rodolfo


  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-03 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-03  0:21 How to define a `multiple prompt' function? Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-03  4:08 ` Barry Margolin
2008-09-03 20:31   ` Rodolfo Medina [this message]
2008-09-03 19:51     ` ps-print variables interactive setting Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-03 22:32     ` Andreas Politz
2008-09-04 17:24       ` `are-you-fine' function definition (was: ps-print variables interactive setting) Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-05  2:18         ` `are-you-fine' function definition Kevin Rodgers
     [not found]         ` <mailman.18482.1220581140.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-09-06 16:27           ` Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-06 16:32             ` `y-or-n-p' function definition (was: `are-you-fine' function definition) Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-08 10:14               ` `y-or-n-p' function definition Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-04 21:47     ` ps-right-footer interactive setting (was: ps-print variables interactive setting) Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-05  1:19       ` Barry Margolin
2008-09-05 10:21         ` ps-right-footer interactive setting Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-05 19:21           ` Chetan
2008-09-06 16:28             ` Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-07 16:44     ` A `my-ps-print-setting' function (was: ps-print variables interactive setting) Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-07 19:40       ` A `my-ps-print-setting' function Andreas Politz
2008-09-08  1:18         ` defchoice macro (was: A `my-ps-print-setting' function) Rodolfo Medina
2008-09-03 19:43 ` How to define a `multiple prompt' function? Evans Winner

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