From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com, Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: result of completing-read contradicting require-match
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 02:54:50 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8X6O=ghrk9kiP+pUX+BT-NyeJfhOwZbP5kDtxhDq2-voA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YsCafTaxnxY3rNbw@protected.localdomain>
On Sun, 3 Jul 2022 at 02:29, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> REQUIRE-MATCH can take the following values:
> - a function, which will be called with the input as the parameter.
> If it returns a non-nil value, the minibuffer is exited with that value.
> other way to persist asking until you get the true result is here:
>
> (defun rcd-repeat-until-not-empty-string (function &rest args)
> "Repeat FUNCTION with optional ARGS until result is not empty string."
> (let ((result))
> (while (string-empty-p (setq result (apply function args))))
> result))
Based on the quoted part of the docstring, you could probably pass a
function that returns t for an allowed value, and nil for disallowed
values, including an empty string or nil.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-02 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-02 18:58 result of completing-read contradicting require-match carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-02 19:20 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-02 19:54 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2022-07-02 20:07 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-02 20:38 ` Yuri Khan
2022-07-02 21:58 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-09 13:17 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-10 14:36 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-07-10 17:56 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-02 21:13 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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