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From: Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: elisp - only accepting input of known values
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:28:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <id7hqf$u8m$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 874oax33hp.fsf@guruji.demimonde

Tyler Smith wrote:

> Gary writes:
>> Tassilo Horn wrote:
>>> Gary writes:
>>>
>>>> Is it somehow possible to accept input from a set of known values
> (and
>>>> only those values), possibly based on regex but I'm not married to
>>>> that idea?
>>>
>>> What exactly do you mean with "input"?  Input to what?  A function?
>>
>> User input.
>
> completing-read does this

Many thanks.

emacs

-- 
Gary (snowed in and frustrated in CH)
GNU Emacs 23.2.1          Please do NOT send me 'courtesy' replies off-list.
emacsclient 23.2





      reply	other threads:[~2010-12-02  7:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-01  9:05 elisp - only accepting input of known values Gary
2010-12-01 11:54 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-12-01 13:29   ` Gary
2010-12-01 15:40     ` Tassilo Horn
2010-12-01 15:41     ` Tyler Smith
2010-12-02  7:28       ` Gary [this message]

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