From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: seberino@spawar.navy.mil Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: what does (interactive "P") do? Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:20:13 -0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021120142013.A15843@spawar.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037831084 14226 80.91.224.249 (20 Nov 2002 22:24:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:24:44 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18EdGz-0003h0-00 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:24:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18EdEP-0007lg-00; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:22:01 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18EdCn-0006fb-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:20:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18EdCi-0006TH-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:20:20 -0500 Original-Received: from seberino.spawar.navy.mil ([128.49.22.159]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18EdCh-0006Qi-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:20:15 -0500 Original-Received: from seberino by seberino.spawar.navy.mil with local (Exim 4.10) id 18EdCf-00047s-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:20:13 -0800 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3819 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3819 I just saw (interactive "P") in a .emacs and wondered what it did. I assume (interactive) lets a user run a function v. just being run from another function. What extra functiononality does the "P" give you? Chris -- _______________________________________ Dr. Christian Seberino SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2363 49590 Lassing Road, Room A339 San Diego, CA 92152-6147 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-7940 Fax: (619) 553-1269 Email: seberino@spawar.navy.mil _______________________________________