From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About `char' in momentary-string-display
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:17:20 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <l3onvq$ram$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAF+z6GCbPC3O6EobFy_JxYSE+C770NeoL7nt_2VAPHifpK03A@mail.gmail.com>
On 10/17/13 7:06 AM, Xue Fuqiao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In (info "(elisp) Temporary Displays"):
>
> -- Function: momentary-string-display string position&optional char
> message
> [...]
> Thus, typing CHAR will simply remove the string from the display,
> while typing (say) `C-f' will remove the string from the display
> and later (presumably) move point forward. The argument CHAR is a
> space by default.
>
> I tried evaluating ‘(momentary-string-display "foo" 1)’ in the *scratch*
> buffer and typed ‘C-f’, but the point didn't move forward. Instead, a
> ‘[6]’ is echoed in the *Messages* buffer. I don't know what the ‘[6]’
> stands for, but the codepoint for ^F is #x6 (ACK). So I think there may
> be a link between them.
>
> But anyway, why didn't the point move forward (the point wasn't at eob)?
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
CHAR defaults to SPC, but you typed C-f. What happens if you type SPC?
What happens if you specify C-f as CHAR:
(momentary-string-display "foo" 1 ?\C-f)
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-17 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-17 13:06 About `char' in momentary-string-display Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-17 13:17 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2013-10-18 7:44 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-17 20:12 ` Kai Großjohann
2013-10-18 7:51 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-18 22:19 ` Kai Großjohann
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