Re: Using conditional in interactive

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

On Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 8:50 AM, Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 7:30 AM, Michael Heerdegen michael_heerdegen@web.de wrote:
> 
> > Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com writes:
> > 
> > > (interactive
> > > 
> > > (cond
> > > ((eq (nth 0 xiakos-context) 'list)
> > > 
> > > (list
> > > (read-string " Search Text: ")
> > > (read-number " Number of Context Lines: ")
> > > (read-string " Buffer Name: ")))
> > > 
> > > (t
> > > "s Search Text: \n\
> > > n Number of Context Lines: \n\
> > > s Buffer Name: ") ))
> > 
> > I already mentioned why you don't want something like this: in
> > 
> > (interactive EXPR)
> > 
> > the return value of the EXPR is used as argument list, not as an
> > interactive spec. The EXPR already is the interactive spec.
> 
> 
> I am not following your argumunt. Would cond not pass the string and
> interactive sees it ? If the first condition is satisfied, the interactive
> part work correctly, even though there is a cond expression. Yet, the cond
> with a string outputs interprets things completely differently.
> 
> > So to say, you are mixing two unrelated things here. - Michael.

From you have described it, the cond should occur before the interactive
clause, ending up with two interactive clause.  The one executed would
depend on which condition succeeds.