From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Printing list to buffer Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:48:37 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14105"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.7+37 (a90f69b) (2022-09-02) Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Heime Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 22 09:06:38 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 1om8ac-0003VR-3k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:06:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1om8KW-0002Jn-Ns; Sat, 22 Oct 2022 02:50:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1om8KB-0002Hr-Fp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2022 02:49:45 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1om8K3-0008Cc-HP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2022 02:49:39 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:102.82.123.168]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000007DC25.000000006353927A.000010FD; Fri, 21 Oct 2022 23:49:29 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Heime , Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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: , Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:140266 Archived-At: * Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2022-10-22 02:33]: > I am using the function to print a lisp object to a buffer, but the printing is not happening. > > I set a list > > (defvar names '("Paul" "Peter")) > > (viewer names) > > -------------------- > > (defun viewer (bufrn obj) > > "Prints object obj to a buffer." > (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create bufrn) > > (org-mode) (princ obj)) > > (pop-to-buffer bufrn)) I have this function: (defun rcd-pop-to-report (string &optional buffer-name map place refresh truncate return-function) "Pop the new buffer and inserts STRING. Quits with `q' if necessary. BUFFER-NAME is optional. It will destroy the buffer before display of report." (let ((buffer (or buffer-name "*RCD Report*"))) (when (buffer-live-p (get-buffer buffer)) (kill-buffer (get-buffer buffer))) (save-excursion (pop-to-buffer buffer) (let ((word-wrap truncate)) (when word-wrap (toggle-truncate-lines 1)) (setq rcd-db-current-table (when (listp place) (cdr (assoc "table" place)))) (setq rcd-db-current-column (when (listp place) (cdr (assoc "column" place)))) (setq rcd-db-current-table-id (when (listp place) (cdr (assoc "table-id" place)))) (setq rcd-tabulated-refresh-function refresh) (setq rcd-current-return-function return-function) (insert string) (goto-char 1) (cond (map (use-local-map map)) (t (local-set-key (kbd "q") 'kill-buffer-and-window))) (read-only-mode 1))))) Then maybe I can shorten it: (defun rcd-pop-to-report (string &optional buffer-name mode) "Pop the new buffer and inserts STRING. BUFFER-NAME is optional. MODE is optional, shall be symbol of the mode. Funcation will destroy the buffer before display of report." (let ((buffer (or buffer-name "*RCD Report*"))) (when (buffer-live-p (get-buffer buffer)) (kill-buffer (get-buffer buffer))) (save-excursion (pop-to-buffer buffer) (insert string) (goto-char 1) (cond (mode (funcall mode)) (t (read-only-mode 1)))))) (rcd-pop-to-report "** Hello there" nil 'org-mode) -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/