From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 3757@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3757: 23.0.95; can you explain why C-u make it appear not in minibuffer
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:23:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wj3iiu1.fsf@escher.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <907065090907042125j47da8250re691e56de0c5529d@mail.gmail.com> (waterloo's message of "Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:25:00 +0800")
On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:25:00 +0800 waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> in 11.1.2 An Example: `print-elements-of-list' of `Instruction to
> emacs lisp' , why C-u make the output not in minubuffer.
> C-u is 4 by definition .
> I can not understant why in the context.
> can you explain more details or give some link ?
I assume you are referring to this (in node
(eintr)print-elements-of-list of the Introduction to Programming in
Emacs Lisp):
"Be sure to evaluate the last expression, `(print-elements-of-list
animals)', by typing `C-u C-x C-e', that is, by giving an argument to
`eval-last-sexp'. This will cause the result of the evaluation to be
printed in the `*scratch*' buffer instead of being printed in the echo
area."
That is, C-u is not a prefix argument of `print-elements-of-list' but of
`eval-last-sexp', and its meaning is explained in the doc string of
`eval-last-sexp', which you can read by typing `C-h f eval-last-sexp':
,----
| eval-last-sexp is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `lisp-mode.el'.
|
| It is bound to C-x C-e.
|
| (eval-last-sexp eval-last-sexp-arg-internal)
|
| Evaluate sexp before point; print value in minibuffer.
| Interactively, with prefix argument, print output into current buffer.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Truncates long output according to the value of the variables
| `eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level'.
`----
You need to use `eval-last-sexp' (or another evaluation method) because
`print-elements-of-list' is not a command, i.e. an interactive function,
since it lacks `(interactive)' in its definition. So you cannot call it
by typing `M-x print-elements-of-list' but have to explicitly evaluate
it.
Steve Berman
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2009-07-05 4:25 bug#3757: 23.0.95; can you explain why C-u make it appear not in minibuffer waterloo
2009-07-05 9:23 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
2009-07-05 10:27 ` waterloo
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