From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xue Fuqiao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-e with prefix arg Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 07:31:20 +0800 Message-ID: References: <4D5891EF34DF42D3A479CF83CAF1E43E@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1367710286 12006 80.91.229.3 (4 May 2013 23:31:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 23:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 05 01:31:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UYlvK-0006fP-1R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 May 2013 01:31:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40525 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UYlvJ-00027C-G1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 May 2013 19:31:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55900) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UYlvG-00026t-V4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2013 19:31:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UYlvF-0006jK-CG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2013 19:31:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ia0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c02::229]:56061) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UYlvF-0006jF-6Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2013 19:31:21 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ia0-f169.google.com with SMTP id l29so2324676iag.14 for ; Sat, 04 May 2013 16:31:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=cXv1R5sQu+0PXtPu+YcfRhol5K39Sxe6VDgUJutMwrs=; b=gIVmE3TQP6XQQa30+ZHpLoY/TAKe5cYsmhFb6Txy5uiNjeAVz7DMRQ0KB/AYkx0T7r cFHHkWJvgOb09tdtTiUZ8ZQFdJ0XiKRrFabeVpOqMDDBWkL7vIJkmhNK6qASK8niPfMo oAUsnZ/t5wakJt3LgAzuqZWdGYxIkuUkBPVOhbejBgCX5RjaYzH7tqjNazdjsRfMxzu+ GrsJH//IRixwkhV4a/XtbihBehtkCDsthM79b3ZM7NFXSc92rVWgmYxo9AldyCn1Wlxu hLdSefDze9vI3yUNvrcqMep8Kg6LRUsMIsLiZB/RL4yuV2Hh7IsYC83LYEIJeY4uE0Q5 A9VQ== X-Received: by 10.50.107.106 with SMTP id hb10mr1024450igb.25.1367710280441; Sat, 04 May 2013 16:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.43.18.10 with HTTP; Sat, 4 May 2013 16:31:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4D5891EF34DF42D3A479CF83CAF1E43E@us.oracle.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c02::229 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:159303 Archived-At: On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Drew Adams wrote: > How about letting the particular prefix arg control whether to print the full > value? Good idea. > You use a prefix arg to insert the value in the current buffer at point. How > often do you really want the inserted value to have pieces missing (elided)? > You typically want to (edit and) use the inserted value in code you are writing, > no? > > How about letting a non-negative prefix arg insert the full value (in effect, > binding `eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level' to > nil)? And letting a negative prefix arg do what any prefix arg does today: > respect the current values of `eval-expression-print-length' and > `eval-expression-print-level'? Agreed. Would you like to submit a patch here or to bug-gnu-emacs? > Today, to get the full value inserted you need to avoid `C-x C-e' and instead > select the sexp and use `eval-region' - or use some other workaround. That's true. It's somewhat annnoying. -- Best regards, Xue Fuqiao. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/