From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About a programming tip
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:00:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5125C615.9080502@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y5eixj4g.fsf@gmail.com>
Am 21.02.2013 07:42, schrieb Thierry Volpiatto:
> Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> In (info "(elisp) Programming Tips"):
>>
>> * In `interactive', if you use a Lisp expression to produce a list
>> of arguments, don't try to provide the "correct" default values for
>> region or position arguments.
>> [...]
>> You do not need to take such precautions when you use interactive
>> specs `d', `m' and `r', because they make special arrangements to
>> recompute the argument values on repetition of the command.
>>
>> I'm confused with these two sentences. The first sentence says that
>> "don't try to provide the 'correct' default values for region or
>> position arguments", but the second sentence says that "you don't need
>> to take such precautions when you use interactive specs `d', `m' and
>> `r'". IIRC the specs `d', `m' and `r' are "region or position
>> arguments". Where do I understand wrong, or is it a bug? Thanks.
>
> (defun foo-1 (beg end)
> (interactive (list (read-number "Beg: " (region-beginning))
> (read-number "End: " (region-end))))
> (message "%S" (buffer-substring beg end)))
>
> (defun foo (beg end)
> (interactive "r")
> (message "%S" (buffer-substring beg end)))
>
> In other words you don't have to use foo-1, it is easier to use foo.
>
IMO these remarks are misleading indeed, as the form "r" will raise an error if no region exists.
Quite often I need a command, which works on region if existing, but uses some default if not - for example
at the range of the function at point than.
For example if it should work at the whole buffer by default, find in convenient to write
(defun foo (&optional beg end)
" "
(interactive "*")
(let ((beg (cond (beg)
((region-active-p)
(region-beginning))
(t (point-min))))
(end (cond (end (copy-marker end))
((region-active-p)
(copy-marker (region-end)))
(t (copy-marker (point-max))))))
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-21 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-21 1:51 About a programming tip Xue Fuqiao
2013-02-21 6:42 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2013-02-21 7:00 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
2013-02-21 7:59 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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