Re: Using conditional in interactive

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

On Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 7:30 AM, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:

> Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com writes:
> 
> > (interactive
> > 
> > (cond
> > ((eq (nth 0 xiakos-context) 'list)
> > 
> > (list
> > (read-string " Search Text: ")
> > (read-number " Number of Context Lines: ")
> > (read-string " Buffer Name: ")))
> > 
> > (t
> > "s Search Text: \n\
> > n Number of Context Lines: \n\
> > s Buffer Name: ") ))
> 
> 
> I already mentioned why you don't want something like this: in
> 
> (interactive EXPR)
> 
> the return value of the EXPR is used as argument list, not as an
> interactive spec. The EXPR already is the interactive spec.

I am not following your argumunt.  Would cond not pass the string and 
interactive sees it ?  If the first condition is satisfied, the interactive
part work correctly, even though there is a cond expression.  Yet, the cond
with a string outputs interprets things completely differently.   
 
> So to say, you are mixing two unrelated things here. - Michael.