From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Prefix Argument and optional argument Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 04:51:27 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Reply-To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5977"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Help Gnu Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 05 04:52:09 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o8YfZ-0001LX-Nx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 04:52:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48630 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8YfY-0006x9-0S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2022 22:52:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45520) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8Yew-0006wV-Pa for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2022 22:51:30 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:47454) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8Yev-0007rH-6F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2022 22:51:30 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5236EFA00BA for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2022 02:51:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1656989487; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:Sender; bh=W7d65K6SoImLYWpLgz7g8LvNmBLbrx/c7MhvceiDrFc=; b=iOB81l5f6yWRt9LJYWWN6d1lPCzyJtoNsao9RXVvIu5hKB/tfjSb/IIcMngNDPQP M861jhvwgNc8Ea8uVEF5hp3pXTt3wPrGmcyMOY2waLNnoAy+af0t+1Ik/A1/s746ksi K3QjPSQMyt+icAUW1BkwwUilTEdY7lbJepRhDioHGoKhon0Zl42DmMg1bDzMdALgU/q dX9t/IYDnzSU2YqnvfneX2w6Y9xBNdAS0AP7mwA1+8uSsp+zGfd5TOojOXVeUGfeiHG ELR74mO6v3axPqjh4JblTtUVo1bRVjia6wwA+r7Qe3K7wOPkt9wxlcgJPrYLlsG5ovp 5LHIJ7LLeg== Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.162; envelope-from=carlmarcos@tutanota.com; helo=w1.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138309 Archived-At: I am having difficulty figuring out any problems associated with the follow= ing two functions. Can one safely call "M-x name", "C-u M-x name", "C-u 2 M-x name", where nam= e is either `poke' or `poke-opt'. (defun poke (prefix) =C2=A0 "TODO." =C2=A0 (interactive "P") ...) (defun poke-opt (&optional prefix) =C2=A0 "TODO." =C2=A0 (interactive "P") ...)