From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Wehmann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: beginner el form Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:42:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114915092 31385 80.91.229.2 (1 May 2005 02:38:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 02:38:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 04:38:11 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DS4LS-0005oR-1u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 04:38:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DS4S4-0004M4-1i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:45:00 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kQE7ReMmHGwtcg4P3zly1pD2GOU= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: fsui03.fnal.gov Original-X-Trace: news3.es.net 1114807329 131.225.68.24 (29 Apr 2005 13:42:09 -0700) Original-Lines: 33 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!mpls-transit-01.news.qwest.net!207.225.159.1.MISMATCH!feed.news.qwest.net!news3.es.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:130565 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:26137 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26137 You should have a *scratch* buffer automatically present. That is in the proper mode. Adam writes: > At the top of the "Programming in Emacs Lisp", before and around the section > Practicing Evaluation, examples are given for the novice to evaluate by c-x > c-e. And this does produce the result in the minibuffer or echo section > below. > > My question is, How should create a buffer in which the results will be > echoed in the buffer, like in a lisp-evaluation-mode ? > > In particular, what extension whould this file/buffer be called. Presumeably > name.el where expressions are evaluated by highlighted and evaluated by c-x > c-e but then doesn't this required the major-mode to be changed every time > the file/buffer is opened ? > > I am looking for a file in which I can incrementally create an emacs-lisp > program, will much trial and error, where screes of text can be printed as > a result if necessary, and the minibuffer is just not big enough. > > Now, if some setup *---interactive-mode---* stuff could be included at the > top of that buffer, then that would be ideal. Perhaps it is an > "self-evaluating form" that I really need. > > Any suggestions or comments appreciate. > > -- Alan Wehmann wehmann(nospam)@fnal.gov