From: Greg Hill <gregoryohill@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Reading from a buffer
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 12:12:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADSjfO4qbKCxq9iqvynKxUKmQHBQ=t3oEnwrqFKRXVEApXwYZg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
I've pretty well mastered the process of *writing to* a buffer using
*insert* and *format*, but I haven't been able to find any equally easy way
to read that same information back. I've hacked together a workaround using
*copy-to-register*, *get-register* and *read-from-string*, but surely there
must be a more straightforward approach than that. I've searched and
searched through all the documentation and have come up with nothing for
doing a simple formatted read from buffer. Any suggestions?
next reply other threads:[~2020-07-01 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-01 19:12 Greg Hill [this message]
2020-07-01 19:19 ` Reading from a buffer Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-01 19:20 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-07-01 19:21 ` Jakub Jankiewicz
2020-07-01 19:21 ` Jakub Jankiewicz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-07-01 20:19 Greg Hill
2020-07-01 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-07-02 0:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-07-03 3:38 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-07-03 6:33 ` Greg Hill
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