From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-j in Lisp interaction mode. Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:11:56 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200308071708.h77H8LR15118@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060323279 13704 80.91.224.253 (8 Aug 2003 06:14:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 06:14:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 08 08:15:03 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19l0Wl-0006xa-00 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 08:15:03 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19l0cX-00032U-00 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 08:21:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19l0Vb-0004UO-Au for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:13:51 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19l0VE-0004T1-NV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19l0Ui-0003cZ-3A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:13:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19l0Uh-0003bx-R0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:12:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 19l0Tk-0008Hc-RY; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:11:56 -0400 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200308071708.h77H8LR15118@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:08:21 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:15839 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15839 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.