From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Subject: Re: newbie : elisp - prompt for input
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:15:49 +0200
Message-ID: <87y7t836ka.fsf@mail.com>
References: <87irkc4ql6.fsf@mail.com>
	<mailman.5849.1156799345.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156801297 30294 80.91.229.2 (28 Aug 2006 21:41:37 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:41:37 +0000 (UTC)
Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 28 23:41:36 2006
Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org
Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165])
	by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1GHorP-0006bZ-Ua
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:41:36 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1GHorP-0005mw-Gq
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:41:35 -0400
Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
Original-Lines: 18
Original-X-Trace: individual.net FYnkfHIGETKKiS/KB1P+Kg8qioD+DFz20TyckrwvLYGKe4AENz
X-Orig-Path: news.ibm.net!news
X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%;
	|j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+<E"~~VEHpAJ&'G+cu0g&
	$xE$h&Kjg@6-s8\aR, (o3Z]m)d.cAU-y!i/G'}}$WId)8Uh3TpmTQSRis6,
	U`NQ8IWIda}W:tIo=Bb 2M]M7$V[!_P*Mb9YnDD@W6z9TLk7/>,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_!
User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:T4O6WMcL5sy8zhRE7WJGBufeqIw=
Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141387
Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
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 <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs>
List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37009
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/37009>

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hadron Quark wrote:
>> 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:"))))
>
> The only thing I see wrong with it is that the check runs outside
> of the interactive form, and prompts the user (regardless of whether
> the function was called interactively).

Youve lost me : what do you mean "outside of the interactive form" - the
whole function is an interactive form isnt it?