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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-j in Lisp interaction mode.
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:11:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E19l0Tk-0008Hc-RY@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200308071708.h77H8LR15118@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:08:21 -0500 (CDT))

    C-j in Lisp interaction mode overrides `print-length' and
    `print-level' using `eval-expression-print-length' and
    `eval-expression-print-level'.  The purpose of the latter two
    variables would seem to avoid printing huge expressions in the echo
    area.  But I do not see any reason to use them in
    `eval-print-last-sexp', bound to C-j in Lisp interaction mode.

I think it is a nuisance if C-j spews out tremendous quantities
of data.  I don't think this should be changed.

      Also,
    `eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level' do
    not seem to be documented in the Elisp manual, which makes their use
    very confusing to beginning Elisp users.

That I agree should be changed somehow.

  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-08  6:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-07 17:08 C-j in Lisp interaction mode Luc Teirlinck
2003-08-08  6:11 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2003-08-08 21:41 ` Richard Stallman
2003-08-09  2:41   ` Luc Teirlinck

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