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From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>
Subject: newbie : elisp - prompt for input
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:17:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87irkc4ql6.fsf@mail.com> (raw)


Is the snippet below the best way to prompt and parse an integer value?


(defun count-words(max)
  "count words in buffer"
  (interactive "nMax words to count to:")
  (while (zerop max)
    (setq max (string-to-number(read-string "> 0 please. re-enter:"))))

             reply	other threads:[~2006-08-28 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-28 19:17 Hadron Quark [this message]
2006-08-28 21:07 ` newbie : elisp - prompt for input Kevin Rodgers
     [not found] ` <mailman.5849.1156799345.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-08-28 21:15   ` Hadron Quark
2006-08-29 19:51     ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-08-28 21:24   ` David Kastrup
2006-08-29 19:53     ` Kevin Rodgers

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