From: gnuist006@hotmail.com (gnuist006)
Subject: Re: HOW TO GIVE A DEFAULT TO A TRULY INTERACTIVE FUNCTION
Date: 17 Oct 2002 07:35:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b00bb831.0210170635.6dbe06f5@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8765w4yec8.fsf@bird.agharta.de
Edi Weitz <edi@agharta.de> wrote in message
> (require 'cl)
>
> (defun* bar (&optional (default 5))
> (let* ((default-string (format "%s" default))
> (string (read-string "Number: "
> default-string
> nil
> default-string)))
> ;; needs check for wrong input
> (list (string-to-number string))))
>
> (defun foo (n)
> (interactive
> (bar 42))
> (insert (format "%s" (* 3 n))))
Pathetic solution. breaks one, fixes noone.
It just accepted "u" as the input and did not do number
validation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-17 14:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-14 16:02 HOW TO GIVE A DEFAULT TO A TRULY INTERACTIVE FUNCTION gnuist006
2002-10-14 17:22 ` Joe Casadonte
2002-10-14 20:07 ` Edi Weitz
2002-10-17 14:27 ` gnuist006
2002-10-17 17:35 ` Barry Margolin
2002-10-18 10:36 ` Oliver Scholz
2002-10-17 14:35 ` gnuist006 [this message]
2002-10-17 15:03 ` Edi Weitz
2002-10-18 5:51 ` huntingdon
2002-10-18 7:13 ` Friedrich Dominicus
2002-10-18 7:07 ` Friedrich Dominicus
2002-10-18 8:05 ` Friedrich Dominicus
2002-10-18 17:05 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2002-10-14 18:27 Bingham, Jay
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2002-10-17 14:22 ` gnuist006
2002-10-18 7:14 ` Friedrich Dominicus
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