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From: jack-mac <duthen.mac@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to IELM use minibuffer?
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:04:23 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7a3c561-b974-4511-a68c-536f4fb3079e@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.16987.1357722842.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

Le mercredi 9 janvier 2013 10:13:48 UTC+1, Xue Fuqiao a écrit :
> I used (interactive "x") in IELM just now, but it only returns nil and didn't let me input the Lisp object.  How can I use minibuffer in IELM?

Try: 
(defun foo (expr)
  (interactive "xType an expression: ")
  (message "It seems you typed %s" expr))

and then, from ielm:
(call-interactively 'foo)

or: M-x foo RET


       reply	other threads:[~2013-01-10 15:04 UTC|newest]

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2013-01-10 15:04 ` jack-mac [this message]
2013-01-09  9:13 How to IELM use minibuffer? Xue Fuqiao
2013-01-09  9:36 ` Christopher Schmidt

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