From: "Philip K." <philipk@posteo.net>
To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:18:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfdvh0xz.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-8ba86d1d-7764-4bd8-9e4b-9605b1a708e9-1608171234422@3c-app-mailcom-bs11> (steve-humphreys@gmx.com's message of "Thu, 17 Dec 2020 03:13:54 +0100")
steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:
> ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp.
>
> Yet there are many reasons for beginners to use ielm. Have some
> examples and beginners will get more productive using it as they
> delve into new things.
I guess it's not mentioned, because it is not necessary, and at least to
my knowledge, most people will be using C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp) and
C-M-x (eval-defun) in the *scratch* buffer. Using a REPL, when you can
evaluate any part of a buffer seems like a step back to me.
But I guess there would be no harm in mentioning it.
--
Philip K.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-18 10:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-17 2:13 ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp steve-humphreys
2020-12-18 10:18 ` Philip K. [this message]
2020-12-18 10:30 ` steve-humphreys
2020-12-18 10:52 ` Robert Pluim
2020-12-18 11:03 ` steve-humphreys
2020-12-18 10:39 ` steve-humphreys
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