From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PJ Weisberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string' Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:44:26 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310532335 10660 80.91.229.12 (13 Jul 2011 04:45:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "9030@debbugs.gnu.org" <9030@debbugs.gnu.org>, PJ Weisberg To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 13 06:45:30 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrKE-0000lH-4b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:45:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34258 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrKD-0003Fe-Bg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51917) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrJs-0003CD-AH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrJn-00022I-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49833) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrJn-000228-N4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrJn-0001y3-6z; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: PJ Weisberg Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9030 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9030-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9030.13105322777518 (code B ref 9030); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9030) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jul 2011 04:44:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrJN-0001xD-95 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:44:37 -0400 Original-Received: from p3plsmtpa01-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.82.90]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgrJK-0001wz-EB for 9030@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:44:35 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 26190 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2011 04:44:28 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (209.85.161.42) by p3plsmtpa01-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (72.167.82.90) with ESMTP; 13 Jul 2011 04:44:28 -0000 Original-Received: by fxe23 with SMTP id 23so7294116fxe.29 for <9030@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.223.1.68 with SMTP id 4mr1042766fae.74.1310532266345; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.223.89.142 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:48825 Archived-At: On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Tangentially, I wonder why where-is needs an optional INSERT argument >> that means "don't print the result, instead insert it (oh, and use a >> slightly different format)". > > It's clearly meant for interactive use. =A0I'm not sure if it answers you= r > question, tho. For what it's worth, the code that gives what I was actually trting to get from `what-is' is `(mapcar 'key-description (where-is-internal foo))'. I don't know if there's a way to get that without using a function with "internal" in the name. --=20 -PJ