From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson)
To: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Running .emacs style commands within emacs
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:28:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ve17vjo8.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87skwcvxsi.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au
Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
> "Ben Forbes" <bdforbes@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Actually what I meant was, I want to run lisp forms from within emacs. Eg,
>> (global-set-key "\C-\M-z" 'delete-whole-line). There must be a Lisp engine
>> running within Emacs that interprets this form when it is in the .emacs init
>> file. Can I send lisp forms to this engine at any given time during an Emacs
>> session? I know global-set-key can be run from M-x but it's interactive, I'd
>> like to be able to enter the above form manually.
>
> This is what I use the scratch buffer for.
>
There's also an interactive Emacs Lisp REPL called ielm in Emacs 23
(from CVS).
M-x ielm
Joel
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[not found] <mailman.11862.1211250760.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-05-20 4:32 ` Running .emacs style commands within emacs B. T. Raven
2008-05-20 7:19 ` Ben Forbes
2008-05-20 13:41 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-20 22:55 ` Ben Forbes
[not found] ` <mailman.11880.1211284612.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-05-20 12:26 ` B. T. Raven
2008-05-21 8:58 ` Tim X
2008-05-21 13:28 ` Joel J. Adamson [this message]
2008-05-20 18:05 ` james
2008-05-19 23:51 Ben Forbes
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