From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1581: eval-last-sexp truncation: mention in docstring Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:01:17 +0800 Message-ID: <87hc565egy.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: jidanni@jidanni.org, 1581@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229499681 10008 80.91.229.12 (17 Dec 2008 07:41:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:41:21 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 08:42:28 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LCr34-0001WA-KW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:42:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44724 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LCr1s-0003LA-Jw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LCr1n-0003KH-6q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LCr1l-0003Je-7S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47018 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LCr1l-0003JZ-4q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:43409) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LCr1k-0007ty-OP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LCr1j-0004f8-JY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBH7OJEw014034; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:24:28 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mBH6bomk031767; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:37:50 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: jidanni@jidanni.org Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:37:49 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1581 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.122931008721360 (code B ref -1); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:37:49 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 15 Dec 2008 03:01:27 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBF31OPE021351 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:01:26 -0800 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LC3i0-0007i1-6U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:01:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LC3hz-0007gm-As for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:01:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40522 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LC3hz-0007gY-5q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:01:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailbigip.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.5]:37667 helo=homiemail-a1.g.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LC3hy-00048X-LJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:01:22 -0500 Original-Received: from jidanni1.jidanni.org (122-127-32-42.dynamic.hinet.net [122.127.32.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by homiemail-a1.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EC3119DDB for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:01:19 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:06 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:23307 Archived-At: C-x C-e runs the command eval-last-sexp which 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. OK, but some-variable-whose-value-is-rather-long C-u C-x C-e will truncate the results with "..." at the end. Please mention in the docstring how to get the entire value. OK, (info "(emacs)Lisp Eval") mentions `eval-expression-print-level' and `eval-expression-print-length'. OK, perhaps mention them in eval-last-sexp etc. docstrings.