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From: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making ielm behave like a shell (getting to previous commands using the up-arrow key)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 06:17:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-17981a6d-64aa-420a-82d4-f2f5725e9145-1608182277103@3c-app-mailcom-bs11> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kklyqi2.fsf@web.de>

ielm should be  described in "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp".  It is very useful
when starting with lisp.

> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 6:02 AM
> From: "Michael Heerdegen" <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Making ielm behave like a shell (getting to previous commands using the up-arrow key)
>
> steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:
>
> > > FWIW, personally I'm quite happy that I can "walk around" with the arrow
> > > keys in ielm buffers.
> >
> > You walk to do what?
>
> To copy parts of an old input, most of the time.  Also C-x C-e
> sometimes.

Have tried it.  It's good.  Did not know it was possible to use C-x C-e
in ielm anh also on previous commands just by moving the location of the cursor.

> Michael.
>
>
>



  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-17  5:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-17  3:02 Making ielm behave like a shell (getting to previous commands using the up-arrow key) steve-humphreys
2020-12-17  3:34 ` Okam
2020-12-17  4:27 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-17  4:44   ` steve-humphreys
2020-12-17  5:02     ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-17  5:17       ` steve-humphreys [this message]
2020-12-17  9:06         ` Jean Louis
2020-12-17  9:13           ` Jean Louis
2020-12-17 22:29           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-18  5:05             ` Jean Louis
2020-12-18  9:01               ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-18 11:19                 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-18 17:14                   ` Drew Adams
2020-12-18 18:36                     ` Jean Louis
2020-12-18 19:11                       ` Drew Adams
2020-12-18 19:53                         ` Jean Louis
2020-12-18 21:15                           ` Drew Adams
2020-12-19  2:07                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-19  2:51                     ` Drew Adams
2020-12-18 11:28                 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-19  1:55                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-19  2:45                     ` Drew Adams
2020-12-19  1:57               ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-17  8:22   ` Joost Kremers
2020-12-18 10:20     ` Philip K.

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