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FKtPp@Office ;) wrote:
 > Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
 >>The `b' character code, which is used to return an existing buffer, does
 >>provide a default (the current buffer):
 >>
 >>(defun foo (buffer)
 >>   (interactive "bBuffer: ")
 >>   (message "buffer=%s" buffer))
 >>
 >
 > The "Default" character description not always available, is that true?

That is what we discovered about the `n' character code just 2 days
before your most recent post.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers